Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
and the
Aging Workforce
Shifting Demographics
Workforce Demographics are Changing.
Are you Ready?
10,000 people are turning 65 every single day
and this will continue through 2030!1
25%
17% 18%
79% 25% 40% 9%
12%
“Ergonomics
The characteristics is about fitting the work
of aging workers
often put them at a
to the worker”
higher risk of
developing MSD and
other injuries
IMPROVE WORKPLACE DESIGN
WITH ERGONOMICS
Solution?
MOVING FORWARD
Increase retention
by closing skills gap
Combine strategies
(initiatives) to
maximize results
ACT NOW!
RESOURCES:
1. http://pewresearch.org/daily-number/baby-boomers-retire/ 4. http://newsroom.heart.org/news/heart-disease-and-stroke-continue-to-threaten-u-s-health
2. http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2012/01/art3full.pdf 5. http://www.asse.org/professionalsafety/docs/F1Perry_0410.pdf
3. Report of the Taskforce on the Aging of the American Workforce website. 6. http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/osh2.pdf
http://www.aging.senate.gov/letters/agingworkforcetaskforcereport.pdf 7. http://ergo-plus.com/ergonomics-aging-workforce-design/