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General Motors, by American standards, has an old workforce: its average worker is much older than, say, the average worker at Google.
When the economist Stephen Koukoulas contemplates automation and robotics in a liberal market economy, he describes an ideal model where those left behind because of attachment to an old workforce re-skill and advance, too.
Today there is no pressure from the workforce, and the technology at the centre of this innovation wave does not demand the creation of higher-consumer spending, or the re‑employment of the old workforce in new jobs.
Since, as argued above, employers would like to reduce their old workforce but can hardly do so without the early retirement schemes, the above-mentioned combination of changes could give employers an incentive to keep part of this workforce longer.
The decision to bar access to personal web-based email accounts is going hurt these efforts, as it may help ensure that no tech-literate millennial ever wants to work for the Department of Defense, which relies on an increasingly old workforce that hit drinking age when the Cold War (the real one, not today's rehash) was still happening.
The IMF-induced hiring freeze of government health staff in 1993 has resulted in an old workforce where more than 15% are 50 years or older.
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But even so, 99 weeks is all anyone can get, and many workers have already reached that limit.The federal government also provides money for retraining, through grants and programmes such as the 12-year-old Workforce Investment Act.
The recruitment website Skilledpeople.com, launched in 2011, connects small businesses with an older workforce.
Which employers are leading the way in harnessing the opportunities created by an older workforce?
The family firm, run by entrepreneur Charlie Mullins, certainly has form in embracing an older workforce.
If Mr Hartman had taken it, half his workforce would have left.If an older workforce simply meant increased costs, then managers could take comfort from the fact that most of their competitors would be in the same boat.
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