Senior Workers News Today

PETALING JAYA: More efforts are needed to change the mindset of employers and employees on the advantage of a multi-generational workforce, says Universiti Putra Malaysia’s Malaysian Resear­ch Institute on Ageing (MyAgeing).

PETALING JAYA: More seniors are joining the workforce as Malaysian employers are open to hiring seniors and retirees.

A new analysis by Pew Research Center finds that the share of older Americans who are working has nearly doubled since 1987.

As debates and protests continue in France over increasing the pension age, many seniors are already voluntarily returning to work. Some do so to keep busy, but many are forced to by the cost-of-living crisis.

Singapore has seen employment rates for senior workers improve amid efforts to help them stay productive.

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Minister for Manpower Dr Tan See Leng noted that this has benefitted 482,000 senior workers thus far, under the Senior Employment Credit scheme.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 1 — Klang MP Charles Santiago has urged the government to come up with a workers’ insurance scheme for informal sectors and improve the state of social security for older communities. He said that in order to tackle the situation, the government must recognise the informal...

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