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Author Reday-Mulvey, Geneviève.

Title Working beyond 60 : key policies and practices in Europe / Geneviève Reday-Mulvey
Published Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2005]
©2005

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Description xix, 220 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Foreword / Patrick M. Liedtke -- Foreword / Alan Walker -- Pt. I. Working beyond 60 - why? : the global picture : new constraints and opportunities -- 1. Demographic constraints -- 2. Social changes and opportunities -- 3. Economic constraints and welfare reforms -- 4. Employment changes and opportunities -- Pt. II. Working beyond 60 - how? : the reduction of working time and the promotion of age management -- 5. The part-time model for working beyond 60 -- 6. The role of supranational organizations and social partners -- 7. Recent public policies and best practice in selected European countries -- 8. Recent company measures and best practice in selected European firms -- Pt. III. Working beyond 60 - for whom? : the need for fairness, diversity and flexibility -- 9. Who can and would wish to work beyond 60? -- Pt. IV. Working beyond 60 - key policies and recommendations -- 10. Working beyond 60 - key policies and recommendations
Summary "The book provides an in-depth analysis of the growing importance of working beyond 60, and a comparative discussion of new policies in many EU Member States (Finland, Denmark, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany, France, Italy and others) and company best practices. It is based on over 15 years of research work by the Geneva Association, the think-tank of the insurance industry."--BOOK JACKET
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-214) and index
Subject Older people -- Employment -- Europe.
Social security -- Europe.
LC no. 2004062717
ISBN 1403947961 cloth
Other Titles Working beyond sixty