Age and Employment

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The general assumption is that older workers are paid more in spite of, rather than because of, their ______.

productivity

Take away ______-based pay scales, and older workers may become a much more attractive employment proposition.

seniority

In the United States, nearly half of all men and women who had been in full-time jobs in ______ age moved into 'bridge' jobs at the end of their working lives.

middle

Manual workers on ______-rates often earn less as they get older.

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It is the ______-paid and worst-paid who carry on working.

<p>best</p> Signup and view all the answers

IBM set up a separate company called ______ Team, which re-employed any of the early retired who wanted to go on working up to the age of 60.

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If the job market grows more flexible, the ______ may find more jobs that suit them.

<p>old</p> Signup and view all the answers

The best way to tempt the old to go on working may be to build on such ______ jobs: part- time or temporary employment that creates a more gradual transition from full-time work to retirement.

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In the coming years, the skills of these '______ workers' will have to be increasingly acknowledged and rewarded.

<p>grey</p> Signup and view all the answers

A study by David Storey of Warwick University found that in Britain 70% of businesses started by people over ______ survived.

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