Event: Older Workers – Creating an age-inclusive workplace
In its second year, workingwise.co.uk has launched its #AgeDiversity campaign which includes National Older Workers Week. Drawing on research and best practice, its aim is to help organisations organisations develop policies and procedures that both attract and retain older workers and ensure their organisation is age diverse. Join us for our second event: Creating an age-inclusive workplace.
Creating an age-inclusive workplace
Online event | 23rd November | 1pm until 2.30pm
Who should attend
HR professionals, business owners and leaders of people.
Overview
We will be talking to pioneering organisations, and experts in this field, about policies and practices organisations can implement to retain and develop older workers to ensure organisations are age inclusive.
Examples of policies and practices that may be covered include:
- Retraining/upskilling/lifelong learning
- Redeployment
- Menopause policies
- Carer policies
- Reverse mentoring
- Midlife MOTs
- Returner programmes
Hear best practice and get the opportunity to ask your specific questions.
Panel
Alistair McQueen
Head of Savings and Retirement
Aviva
Kim Chaplain
Specialist Adviser for Work
Centre for Ageing Better
Duncan Forbes
Capability and Place Director for People Strategy, DWP People
Gillian Nissim
Founder
WM People
Further National Older Workers Week Events
Older workers: Challenges & Insights
Online event | 21st November 2022 | 1pm until 2pm
Who should attend
HR and diversity leads, recruitment specialists and business owners.
Overview
The first event: Older Workers: Challenges & Insights aims to give you an up-to-date view on the current situation to help you implement and improve age diversity policies and practices.
Along with revealing the results of our annual workingwise.co.uk
We will be joined by experts in this field including: Caroline Waters, Deputy Chair of the EHRC and Vice President of Carers UK and Patrick Thomson, formerly from the Centre of Ageing Better, now Head of Research Analysis and Policy at Phoenix Insights.
Thank you to our event sponsor:
Panel
Caroline Waters OBE FRSA CiPD (Hons)
Deputy Chair of the EHRC and
Vice President of Carers UK
Patrick Thomson
Head of Research, Analysis and Policy
Phoenix Insights
Mandy Garner
Managing Editor
workingwise.co.uk
Gillian Nissim
Founder
WM People
National Older Workers Week is supported by:
Would your organisation like to help us to spread the word on the value of older workers and help them develop their existing policies? Please click here to fill out our Call Back Request and we will be in touch to talk to you about how you can be involved.
