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Aging & Work Facts Database

This database provides you with easy-to-access facts and statistics related to aging & work. Here you will find:

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Age Bias and Employment Discrimination
Business Strategies & Workforce Development
Caregiving: Elder
Caregiving: Employer-sponsored benefits for
Caregiving: Other (grandchildren, spouse, dependents)
Demographics: Age Distribution, Life Expectancy
Education and Training
Educational Attainment
Employee Engagement & Job Satisfaction
Employer-sponsored benefits (see also Caregiving)
Employment Preferences
Flexible Work Options (general)
Flexible Work Options: Bridge Jobs
Flexible Work Options: Consulting, Contract Work, Self-employment
Flexible Work Options: Flexible Schedule
Flexible Work Options: Leaves of Absence
Flexible Work Options: Part-time Employment
Flexible Work Options: Phased Retirement
Flexible Work Options: Remote Work, Telecommuting, Telework
Flexible Work Options: Work Redesign
Gender
Health: Health Behaviors
Health: Health Care Costs
Health: Health Insurance
Health: Health Status
Health: Workplace Injuries
Income
Knowledge Transfer
Labor Force Participation
Marital Status
Medicare & Medicaid
Mental Health
Multi-generational Workplace
Older Workers, Advantages of
Older Workers, Costs of
  • A 2005 analysis of Towers Perrin data indicates that replacing an experienced worker of any age can cost 50% or more of the individual's annual salary in turnover-related...  more
  • A 2005 analysis of Towers Perrin data shows that four components make up 97% of average total annual recurring compensation costs in large US companies. These components are:...  more
  • A 2005 analysis of Towers Perrin data on company-paid medical claim costs shows that employees aged 50 to 64 and their covered dependants use on average 1.4 to 2.2 times as mu...  more
  • A 2005 analysis of Towers Perrin data shows that paid time off (e.g., vacation, holidays, personal days), representing about 8% of total compensation cost, depends on length o...  more
  • According to a 2006 MetLife report on caregiving costs, the total estimated cost to employers for all full-time, employed caregivers is $33.6 billion; the average cost per emp...  more
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Older Workers, Job Skills and Demands
Older Workers, Perceptions about
Peformance, Productivity, Absenteeism
Pensions and Retirement Accounts
Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration
Reasons for working
Recruitment , Retention, Tenure, Turnover
Retirement Income & Expenditures
Retirement Planning
Retirement Statistics
Retirement, Timing of
Social Security
Unemployment
Voluntarism
  DOWNLOAD A FACT SHEET:
The following Fact Sheets contain selected facts and statistics from the database (Adobe PDF PDF format):
bullet "Unemployment" (June 2008)
bullet "Employer-Provided Health Insurance" (June 2008)
bullet "Injury & Productivity in the Multigenerational Workplace" (April 2008)
bullet "Health & Productivity in the Multigenerational Workplace" (April 2008)
bullet "Flex Options: Flexible Schedules" (March 2008)
bullet "Flex Options: Self-Employment & Consulting" (March 2008)
bullet "Mental Health" (Sep 2007)
bullet "Bridge Jobs" (Aug 2007)
bullet "Part-time Work" (Jul 2007)
bullet "The Multi-Generational Workplace" (Jul 2007)
bullet "Phased Retirement" (Jun 2007)
bullet "Age Bias And Employment Discrimination" (Feb 2007)
bullet "Employer Sponsored Pensions" (Feb 2007)
bullet "Age and the Labor Force" (Jan 2007)
bullet "Social Security and Older Workers" (Jan 2007)
bullet "Voluntarism Among Older Adults" (Jan 2007)
bullet "Older Workers’ Preferences for Work & Employ-ment" (Oct 2006)
bullet "Elder Caregiving" (Oct 2006)


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