Employment of the Older Worker - Notes from the main speakers

27 September 2006

The Employment of Older Workers Summit was held on Monday, September 4, and started the ball rolling on the development of an action plan to help older people gain the “right to work and the right to retire”.

 

The motivation behind the summit was New Zealand’s need to retain older workers for economic and social development and the undeniable reality that prejudice against older people still exists in the workplace. Its main aim was to develop practical strategies and actions to increase the number of older workers at a time of growing labour and skills shortages.

The summit was attended by the CTU, Business New Zealand and industry groups, government departments with an interest in employment such as the Department of Labour and Ministry of Social Development, as well as researchers, community representatives and individual older workers.

 

Read notes from the Summit speakers. (PDF download)