Sentences with phrase «challenges older workers»

In my previous career as an employment discrimination lawyer, I became familiar with the challenges older workers face.

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Meanwhile, production at many senior companies is shrinking, as their older operations become more grade - challenged and difficult to mine, and workers agitate for larger shares of expanding profit margins.

One challenge you may encounter in a post-career job is perceptions about older workers.

Countries with outsize older populations are already grappling with a host of challenges — from finding ways to substitute robots for young workers to refining and advancing new specialties in medicine focused on the dying part of living.

Accordingly, anti-age discrimination in employment law aims at promoting various purposes to remedy these wrongs, including preventing opportunistic behaviour by employers, who are tempted to dismiss older workers when their labour costs are higher than their marginal productivity; promoting displaced older workers who experience major challenges to reemployment; protecting against ageist stereotypes and ageism; and alleviating social isolation, oppression and economic deprivation among older workers.

This is further supported by the results of a survey that found that younger men rated «having time to spend time with my family» was very important to them, whereas older workers were focused on «doing work which challenges me to use my skills and abilities.»

ONIWG has asked me to take on a campaign to raise money for legal challenges towards the WSIB and government, as ONIWG feels they are systematically dismantling our 100 year old system and attacking injured workers» benefits.

The court challenge was launched on behalf of workers with claims prior to 2018, who were left under the old unlawful legislation.

Many boomers, older workers and retirees wish to continue working either because they need the income or need the challenge of a work environment.

Even though employers aren't supposed to discriminate based on how old you are, getting hired can be a challenge when you're considered an «older» worker.

Writing the perfect resume is never easy and this task can be even more of a challenge for older workers.

Even with these challenges, there are several strategies that can be used to counteract some of the bias against older workers.

Even with these challenges, there are several strategies that can be used to counteract some of the bias against older workers, said Natalizio.

For older workers about to write a resume, similar to the job search process, there are some challenges you face.

When companies clearly practice ageism, older workers face challenges also.

We've already established that employers» perceptions of older workers can be skewed, and it's a challenge to overcome the ageism found in most industries.

«Older workers tend to have a boatload of experience — often in many different functional areas,» Isaacs says, «so the challenge is to whittle the resume content down to what employers would find most valuable.»

Given the challenge faced by older workers, an advice line (to provide objective support and assistance to those encountering age discrimination) and dedicated recruitment services (to work with recruiters who genuinely understand and appreciate the value of older workers) were also suggested as solutions that should be considered.