Health & Safety for the aging workforce

The changing demographics of the workforce is something that employers can't shy away from. The aging workforce is something that is here to stay and must be embraced.

Understandably, health and safety professionals have concerns from an accident and  risk perspective.

Dr Alan Black from Blackwell Associates will delve into this expanding topic and look at the current thinking behind how best to manage the process.  

The presentation will cover:- 

• Age discrimination legislation

• Employer justified retirement age

• The reasonable assumption that a person may not want to retire from a financial point of view in the current economic situation

• How to handle reduced capability issues

• Safety critical work for older workers

• Monitoring

• How to manage the guidelines

• Projected future problems                                                                            

• Ill health/stress/mental health issues