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Employment discrimination against older workers: an experimental study of hiring practices
- Authors:
- BENDICK Marc, JACKSON Charles W., ROMERO J.Horacio
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Aging and Social Policy, 8(4), 1997, pp.25-46.
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Reports on a research study to provide an estimate of the extent to which discriminatory employer attitudes and practices limit hiring opportunities of older workers in the United States. A pair of resumes, one for a 57-year-old and the other for a 32-year-old, were mailed to a number of large firms and employment agencies across the United States. Although the resumes presented equal qualifications, the older job seeker received a less favourable employer response.
Working people who also care for the elderly
- Author:
- RANDS Gianetta
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 12(1), January 1997, pp.39-44.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Surveys the workforce of a district health authority in south east England using postal questionnaires, to determine how many of them had outside work caring commitments to elderly people. Analyses the services and supports received by care receivers and caregivers and explores ways in which worker-carers can be assisted by employers and work colleagues. Results found that fourteen per cent of this workforce had outside work commitments to care for elderly people. Worker-carers were usually female, older than non-carers, working part-time and earning low incomes. They tended to be caring for elderly female relatives, living close by, and approximately half were unaided by statutory or voluntary services. Worker-carers' support was mainly from family and friends. At work a supportive and accepting attitude from colleagues and line-managers was valued, as were part-time jobs and flexi-hours. Concludes that more attention, particularly within the work environment needs to be paid to ways of supporting working people who also care for the elderly.
Trade unions and the elderly population: is retirement still linked to the sphere of work?
- Authors:
- KOHLI M., KUNEMUND H., WOLF J.
- Journal article citation:
- Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare, 6(3), July 1997, pp.180-188.
- Publisher:
- Munksgaard/ Blackwell
This article focuses on the German Metal Workers' Union, the biggest single trade union in the Western world. Begins by examining the evolution of the membership of retirees in the unions. Then discusses the role of trade unions in the corporalist system, especially with respect to policies concerning the elderly. The link between retirement and the worksphere is also looked at. Briefly addresses the possible directions for the future, especially with regards to models of organisational representation.
Ageing Europe
- Authors:
- WALKER Alan, MALTBY Tony
- Publisher:
- Open University Press
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 159p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Buckingham
Presents findings from recent policy oriented research undertaken by the EU's Observatory on Ageing and Older People, as well as other research findings. Contains chapters on: a profile of older Europeans; intergenerational relations and social integration; pensions and living standards; employment and older workers; health and social care; and the politics of ageing societies.
Caregiving and employment: the impact of workplace characteristics on role strain
- Authors:
- FREDRIKSEN Karen I., SCHARLACH Andrew E.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 28(4), 1997, pp.3-22.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Examines job classification and other workplace characteristics as potential mediators of role strain among university employees with adult care responsibilities. After controlling for background caregiver characteristics and the intensity of care giving demands, it was found that job classification, hours worked, work demands, workplace support, and job flexibility contributed significantly to role strain. Caregivers in staff positions provided higher levels of caregiving assistance and experienced less flexibility, control, and support at the workplace than did academics and administrators. These findings have implications for the development of workplace policies and procedures that are responsive to the unique needs of diverse employee groups.
Private sector policies for caregiving employees: a survey of Scottish companies
- Authors:
- GILHOOLY Mary L.M., REDPATH Calum
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 17(4), July 1997, pp.399-423.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Examines Scottish private sector employers' policies with regard to flexible working arrangements for carers of physically and mentally impaired older people. The study asked: whether employers were aware of the needs of carers; to what extent they viewed carers' needs or responsibilities as problematic; what proportion of companies had policies regarding flexible working arrangements to accommodate carers' responsibilities; in what ways company characteristics influence policy on carers responsibilities; and what, if any, initiatives have been adopted to help employees plan for caregiving responsibilities. Results found that although private companies expressed considerable sympathy they provide little in the way of direct or indirect support for the UK community care reforms.
Voluntary work in the lives of post-retirement adults
- Authors:
- OAKLEY Crispin, PRATT Joanne
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 60(6), June 1997, pp.273-276.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Examines the relationship between leisure activities and life satisfaction in a sample of retired adults, aged 60-83 years. Three data collection instruments were used: a demographic questionnaire, a leisure activity questionnaire, and a life satisfaction questionnaire. Findings suggest that there is a strong association between activity level and life satisfaction. However, the particular activity of engaging in voluntary work was not particularly associated with higher life satisfaction.
Women, resistance and care: an ethnographic study of nursing auxiliary work
- Author:
- LEE-TREWEEK Geraldine
- Journal article citation:
- Work Employment and Society, 11(1), March 1997, pp.47-63.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Paid care work has traditionally been marginalised within the sociology of work. This article argues that this absence needs to be addressed and redressed as paid care is an increasingly important source of employment for women in Britain. This article uses empirical material from a study of work in a nursing home for older people to present an interpretation of the ways in which female nursing auxiliary workers used resistance as an everyday strategy to get through, and exercise some control over, their work. Argues that ethnographic approaches, favoured by sociologists who studied factory labour in the 1970s and 1980s, may prove to be crucial in revealing that care work is real.
Seasoned campaigners
- Author:
- IRVING Ian
- Journal article citation:
- People Management, 20.3.97, 1997, pp.36-39.
Not only do older people find it harder to find a new job after redundancy, but their chances decrease the longer they are out of work. Reports on a work placement scheme in south London that offers redundant senior managers an opportunity to improve their chances in the employment market.
Older people in modern society
- Author:
- TINKER Anthea
- Publisher:
- Addison Wesley Longman
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 384p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Harlow
Examines research, policy and practice relating to older people; analyses changes in policy following legislation introduced since 1992; looks at recent changes in the organisation and provision of services, including the NHS; and highlights issues of current concern, such as continuing care and the abuse of older people.