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The graying of the U.S. workforce is gaining momentum. A Pew Research survey found nearly a fifth of Americans age 65 and older were employed in 2023, nearly double the three decades prior ...
The Pew report uncovered that older workers are making more money than they did in 1987, with the median worker aged 65 or older earning $22 an hour, up from just $13 in 1987 and narrowing the ...
Older workers are sometimes perceived as "doddering but dear,” Christina Matz, associate professor at the Boston College School of Social Work, and director of the Center on Aging and Work told BBC.
Population aging can potentially change American society as a whole. Many companies use a system, in which older, tenured workers get raises and benefits over time, eventually hitting retirement. [165] With larger numbers of older workers in the workforce, this model might be unsustainable.
About 90% of U.S. workers aged 40 or older ... About 22% of employees 40 years or older say their work environments skip over older colleagues for challenging assignments, according to the report ...
The ADEA does not prohibit an employer from favoring an older employee over a younger one, even when the younger one is over 40 years old. [6] However, such practice may be illegal in states like New Jersey , New York , and District of Columbia where workers ages 18 and older are protected from age discrimination, therefore, employers cannot ...
Older people have different requirements from society and government, and frequently have differing values as well, such as for property and pension rights. [1] Older people are also more likely to vote, and in many countries the young are forbidden from voting. Thus, the aged have comparatively more, or at least different, political influence. [2]
Pew Research points out how older workers often want less physically strenuous jobs, and a National Bureau of Economic Research analysis shows that around 75% of occupations have become more age ...