Tijdschrift voor Arbeidsvraagstukken - Volume 23, Issue 3, 2007

Vanaf het begin van de jaren negentig is de arbeidsparticipatie van 55-plussers in Nederland met meer dan de helft toegenomen. Anno 2007 werken 42 van de honderd personen van 55 jaar en ouder twaalf of meer uren per week, in 1996 waren dat er 26. De stijging is ook in de conjunctureel magere jaren tussen 2001 en 2005 niet tot staan gekomen. Het is dus een robuuste trend. Het is verleidelijk om deze op h Read More

De- and increase of the labour force as a subject of policy. Ageing-related labour market policy from an organisational perspective. De- and increase of the labour force as a subject of policy. Ageing-related labour market policy from an organisational perspective. The Netherlands, like many other Western countries, are used to a long tradition of pension policies opting for 65 as the standard retirement age, but from th Read More

Samenvatting Employers struggling with older workers The ageing of the Dutch work force proceeds rapidly. An increasing share of Dutch employers now has to face the consequences of an ageing staff. Many employers are not very optimistic about these consequences: they foresee increasing costs if their personnel grows older, while these increasing costs are not offset by increasing benefits. Yet, personnel policies t Read More

Employer policies towards older workers in practice Employer policies towards older workers in practice Political institutions and pressure groups are pleading to have employees work until the official retirement age of 65. Currently it is a huge challenge to improve development of the skills and usability of older employees while retaining their health, motivation and competences. Searching for the improvement of the partici Read More

De nieuwe Nederlandse regering wil dat de oudere werknemer aan het werk gaat en blijft. De mannen van Beetsterzwaag willen meer participatie. Wat dat betreft is er veel winst te boeken als meer 45-plussers deelnemen aan de arbeidsmarkt. Oudere mannen, maar vooral rijpere vrouwen laten grote gaten vallen. In die leeftijdsgroep zitten een miljoen mensen die we zomaar op de arbeidsmarkt kunnen schuiven. Dat zijn ve Read More

Are older workers less productive? Are older workers less productive? In the discussion on the participation of older workers, the relationship between age and performance is of relevance. This paper describes this relationship on the basis of the available literature. Furthermore, the underlying factors are considered. A theoretical model is introduced considering the underlying factors, performance and their interrela Read More

Ageing and occupational safety Ageing and occupational safety The main purpose of this article is to investigate possible effects of the ageing workforce on occupational safety in The Netherlands, in order to conclude on age-specific safety and employment policy. We used a large database with data on work accidents in 2005, worker and work characteristics and analyzed this with regression analysis. The results show that t Read More

Welk verband is er tussen de participatietop van 27 juni 2007 en het bericht in De Telegraaf van zaterdag 7 juli 2007 dat er flink gesneden gaat worden in het budget van de ouderenzorg? Of met de berichten dat de thuiszorg onder druk staat, nu gemeenten met de invoering van de Wet maatschappelijke ondersteuning (Wmo) verantwoordelijk zijn gemaakt voor het huishoudelijk deel van de zorg (Trouw, 9 juli)? Zo op het Read More

Ageing, life cycle management and collective labour agreements Ageing, life cycle management and collective labour agreements Solutions for issues with respect to ageing are often searched for in Collective Labour Agreements (CLA). This article investigates the necessary conditions for concluding arrangements for ageing in a CLA. First the influence of government on the degrees of freedom of social partners is explore Read More