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Employers can't afford to ax mature workers, say researchers:
In a new article in the Australian Journal of Management, researchers warn employers not to make hasty decisions in either dismissing or discounting the input of older workers.
"Employers are well known for targeting mature workers when downsizing their workforce—but this might be a costly mistake," says Dr. Valerie Caines.
She notes that governments can also overlook the value of older workers, as shown by the SA Government recently pulling its funding to DOME (the Don't Overlook Mature Experience training organization), which provided valuable support services to mature job seekers.
"A common mistake is to think of mature workers as all being the same," says Dr. Caines. "There is huge variation among mature workers' motivations, capabilities and needs. Their experience is especially valuable now, because mature workers can offer considerable value to an organization during a crisis and play an important role in helping a business progress to the 'next normal.'"
Dr. Caines says older workers may also hold the solution for filling employment gaps in organizations, due to diverse skill sets they have developed through their working life.
"Mature adults demonstrate considerable resilience," she says. "The aspect of role modeling resilience is an especially important influence on younger workers. It includes mature coping strategies, emotional intelligence and empathy—and these attributes have never been more important in the workforce."
Journal Reference:
Valerie Dawn Caines et al. Older workers: Past, present and future, Australian Journal of Management (2020). DOI: 10.1177/0312896220918912
(Score: 5, Insightful) by JoeMerchant on Tuesday June 30 2020, @03:35PM (6 children)
Single payer is the only kind of insurance that makes sense, period. And, for health insurance: mandatory buy in (through taxes).
A small insurance company is a bad insurance company, no way around it - that is the nature of risk spreading.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 30 2020, @07:49PM (5 children)
Single-payer will never work in the USA unless doctors are allowed to ticket/fine people (% of income fines, that is) who refuse to take care of themselves. Fear of bankruptcy is literally the only thing keeping many Americans from drowning their misery in eating all the steak, butter and banana splits they can afford.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by sjames on Tuesday June 30 2020, @09:29PM (1 child)
Nonsense. It works everywhere else in the 1st world, even in the UK where beer drinking is a national sport.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 01 2020, @03:02PM
FCVO "beer". I'm sure you consider it a sport, but your ale is to real beer what curling is to ice hockey.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 01 2020, @02:56AM
Seriously, that is some stupid reasoning.
Many Americans drown themselves in alcohol and unhealthy food because they are terrified for their future. Lack of healthcare is a rather big point for many, and a painful expense if they don't have employer coverage. Even with insurance people end up paying quite a bit.
Not to put too fine a point on it, but you've fallen for some grade D bullshit propaganda.
(Score: 2) by DeVilla on Wednesday July 01 2020, @06:52PM (1 child)
We can also use insurance as a lever to take care of other social issues. Got a beef with someone's lifestyle? Spirituality? Landscaping? Well, they can fix it or lose their safety net. Your naive if you think it won't be abused that way. Idealistically, tax funded single payer insurance is great. It reality it will become another tyrant's tool. Like federal money for the interstates. It will be used to "change minds" when someone in government chooses to unilateraly "alter the deal".
(Score: 2) by sjames on Thursday July 02 2020, @07:52AM
You mean like rigging employer provided insurance to not cover family planning because that might lead to employees having sex without intending to have a baby?
It hasn't been a problem elsewhere, are you asserting that the U.S. is uniquely corrupt?