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Guidance for older workers in Denmark and Spain

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Abstract

Guidance has a role to play in helping older workers to lead meaningful and fruitful lives; inside, outside, on the edge of the labour market, or in voluntary work with examples from two very different European countries: Denmark and Spain. This paper aims to draw attention to older workers guidance from an economic policy approach. It will be demonstrated that there is a need for more policy making for older workers’ guidance in both countries.

Résumé

Le conseil pour les travailleurs âgés au Danemark et en Espagne. Le conseil a un rôle à jouer dans l’aide au travailleurs âgés à mener des vie fructueuses et significatives; que ce soit à l’intérieur, à l’extérieur, en marge du marché du travail, ou dans du travail volontaire avec des exemples de deux pays européens très différent : le Danemark et l’Espagne. Ce papier vise à attirer l’attention sur le conseil pour les travailleurs âgés à partir d’une approche de politique économique. On démontre qu’il y a besoin de l’élaboration d’une politique du conseil pour les travailleurs âgés dans les deux pays.

Zusammenfassung

Beratung für ältere Arbeitnehmer in Dänemark und Spanien. Beratung spielt eine Rolle bei der Unterstützung älterer Arbeitnehmer, um sinnvolle und erfolgreiche Leben zu führen; innerhalb, außerhalb, am Rande des Arbeitsmarktes oder in ehrenamtlicher Arbeit mit Beispielen aus zwei sehr unterschiedlichen europäischen Ländern: Dänemark und Spanien. Dieser Beitrag möchte die Aufmerksamkeit auf Beratung von älteren Arbeitnehmern von einem wirtschaftspolitischen Ansatz her richten. Es wird gezeigt, dass es einen Bedarf an mehr politischer Gestaltung für Beratung von älteren Arbeitnehmern in beiden Ländern gibt.

Resumen

Orientación para trabajadores mayores en Dinamarca y España. La orientación tiene un papel que desempeñar a la hora de ayudar a los trabajadores mayores a que desarrollen vidas plenas y llenas de contenido; dentro o fuera del mercado laboral o realizando trabajos de voluntariado, como aquí se muestra con ejemplos de dos países europeos muy diferentes: Dinamarca y España. Este artículo pretende llamar la atención sobre la orientación a trabajadores mayores desde el enfoque de la política económica. Se demostrará que en ambos países existe una necesidad de implementar más políticas dirigidas a la orientación de este colectivo.

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  1. Guidance Research Unit, Danish University of Education, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Peter Plant

  2. Economic and Financial Studies Department, University Miguel Hernández of Elche, Elche, Spain

    María José López-Sánchez

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The theoretical reflections are from a research project funded by the European Union through the Leonardo da Vinci Programme named “Third age guidance: Developing and testing models of labour market guidance suitable to the needs of older people,” promoted and coordinated by the University of Glasgow (see www.gla.ac.uk/tag).

The content of this paper does not necessarily reflect the position of the European Union or the National Agency, nor does it involve any responsibility on their part (Project references: UK/04/B/F/PP_162-109).

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Plant, P., López-Sánchez, M.J. Guidance for older workers in Denmark and Spain. Int J Educ Vocat Guidance 11, 3–15 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-011-9193-4

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