“Tackling ageing in the place of job has changed little in 10 years”

In ten years time, little has modified within the technique to keep humans over 50 happy at paintings for longer. Tempo-Team reports this, primarily based on latest studies in collaboration with KU Leuven. Moreover, the added fee of the ‘silver fleet’ of human beings over 50 continues to be underestimated.

In a survey carried out by means of Tempo-Team in 2013, 40 percent of employers indicated that the lack of understanding due to an growing old population threatened to end up a hassle. Despite this worry, these days most effective eleven percent of agencies are making concrete efforts to keep away from a brain drain because of an growing older populace.

“Now that the effects of the ageing populace are being felt in fashionable and at an expanded pace in the place of job, there may be nonetheless quite a few scope for companies to guide their older employees towards longer working hours of satisfaction and pride. By growing an inclusive paintings environment, in which older employees are valued and supported, we will make certain that they stay energetic in the exertions market,” stated Tempo-Team spokesperson Wim Van der Linden.

According to Tempo-Team, prejudices about older employees persist. In 2013, half of the employees expressed prejudices about older employees in terms of employability, learning motivation and health. Today that range has fallen sharply. Yet continual prejudice persists among about one in three personnel.

According to Tempo-Team, tackling the aging population is consequently not most effective a mission for employers. Employees must additionally alternate their prejudices for the advantages that the over-50s offer within the place of business, it sounds.

The survey changed into carried out among November 10, 2022 and December 1, 2022 with the aid of an unbiased studies corporation commissioned via Tempo-Team and in collaboration with Prof. Dr. Anja Van den Broeck, work motivation expert at KU Leuven. About 2,500 personnel and 250 employers in Belgium participated in the online survey.