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Flexible Work Arrangements

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Employers’ attitudes; Employment of older people; Part-time work; Phased retirement; Prolonged workforce participation

Definition

Paid work arrangements that may be desirable for older workers, including flexible working hours, part-time work, working at home, part-year work, and casual work

Introduction

Longer lives and better health in later life provide an opportunity for prolonging participation in paid work beyond what has been considered a normal or sometimes compulsory, retirement age (often 65 years). The social, economic, and individual benefits of encouraging older people to remain longer in paid work are increasingly recognized in academic literature and in policy statements (Carnegie Trust 1993; OECD 2006). There is considerable evidence that meaningful and appropriate work is beneficial to the well-being of older people. Remaining in or reentering the workforce has been shown to have a positive psychological impact for older people; the habits of work routine are...

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  1. Institute for Governance and Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

    Judith Davey

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    Nancy A. Pachana

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Davey, J. (2015). Flexible Work Arrangements. In: Pachana, N. (eds) Encyclopedia of Geropsychology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-080-3_245-1

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