1. Nov 7 , 2010
CAPLA
Ottawa, ON
Barbara Jaworski B.Sc. MBA
Workplace Institute
Bjaworski@workplaceinstitute.org
416- 470-0069 x 210
Employment Opportunities
for
Mature Workers

2. The Best Employers Award for 50 Plus Canadians™
Recognizes and rewards innovative and/or effective
programs or initiatives within organizations that lead the
way in best practices with 50 Plus workers while
achieving organizational goals

3. The Best Employers Award for 50 Plus Canadians™
Some Previous Winners:
Seven Oaks Hospital
Home Depot
RBC
Metasoft Systems
Avis Rent A Car
Merck Frosst
Statistics Canada
Catholic Children’s Aid Society
City of Calgary

4. International Approaches
• Marginalization / relegation
• Integration / reintegration
• Maintenance
• Rejection / maintenance

5. Response to global recession
Priority Employment Areas
Local Employment
Coordinators
Help for redundant workers
Jobs Expos
www.keepaustraliaworking.gov.au

6. Mature age workers
• unemployment rate for mature age people is around 2.8 per
cent, compared to
11.5 per cent for those aged 15-24
• average duration of unemployment for mature age people is
61 weeks, compared to 22 weeks for people aged 15-24
• around 60 000 mature age job seekers are classified as
discouraged workers

7. Employment services
Centrelink
JSCI Assessment
Centrelink
JSCI Assessment
Job Services
Australia
Job Services
Australia
Stream 1
J
Stream 2
J
Stream 3
Job Capacity
Assessment
Job Capacity
Assessment
Disability Employment
Services
Disability Employment
Services
Stream 4
www.centrelink.gov.au

8. Job Services Australia
• assistance tailored to individual need
• Employment Pathway Plan
• Employment Pathway Fund
• emphasis on skills training and meeting the needs of
employers
www.deewr.gov.au

9. Help to start a small business
• New Enterprise Incentive Scheme—assistance to help a job
seeker establish a new small business
Australian Apprenticeships
• Payment incentives to remove barriers and to encourage up-
skilling of adult workers through an apprenticeship
www.deewr.gov.au

10. • Disability Employment Services
• immediate access, no waiting list
• ongoing support in the workplace
• Employment Assistance Fund
• workplace assessments, modifications and adjustments
• sign language interpreting
• disability awareness training
• specialist support for learning disability or mental health
www.deewr.gov.au

11. • Helping mature age workers
• make informed career decisions
• successful transition into new roles
• keep their job if it is at risk
• increase their capacity to supervise or mentor apprentices and
trainees
www.deewr.gov.au/experienceplus

12. Career Advice
Career planning—results in a
plan of action to achieve goals
Résumé appraisal—advice on
résumé development and
presentation

13. Job Transition Support
Support through Job Services
Australia to help construction
and manufacturing workers
move to less physically
demanding roles
www.deewr.gov.au/experienceplus

14. On the Job Support
Intensive support to help a
person who is at risk of
losing their job due to a
health condition, injury or
disability
www.deewr.gov.au/experienceplus

15. Experience+ Training
$4950 training grants for
employers to increase the
capacity of mature age
workers to supervise or
mentor apprentices and
trainees
www.deewr.gov.au/experienceplus

16. WORKPLACE INSTITUTE 45+ ENGAGEMENT MODEL
Financial Guidance
Cycling Retirement
Communication
Total health
Worklife Balance
Meaning
Flexibility
Training
Career Development
Adaptation
Equal Opportunity
Recognition
Motivation
Productivity
ENGAGEMENT
Profitability

17. Plan For The Future- Now!