Older workers in working life: An assessment of the factors affecting their performances, employment situations and attitude towards them

Abstract

The World Health Organization refers to the age of 65 and over as the age of aging. However, in terms of working life, old age requires a different definition than age 65. Because of the retirement age is 65 in many countries, the age limit for the definition of "older worker" in the working life is often over 45- 50 years old. It is known that around one-third of the total workforce in the world is composed of persons aged 45 years or older. Those who live the same health problems that an older individual lives in are experiencing a decline in their work performances, which can easily be recognized by employers and managers, or colleagues. While the attitude shown in the working life to older employees seems to be positive from time to time due to the experience and private business information they have, because of the low productivity, the attitude usually reveals as "negative discrimination in employment". The 65-year-old retirement system, defined as a retirement in a graveyard by a working party, is applied to many countries, including developed countries, and the older over the age of 45-50 are legally eligible to work. On the other hand these employees are subject to negative discrimination directly or indirectly. This distinction appears in recruitment, in lay off, to be evident in the distribution of tasks, in-work social and psychological attitudes. In terms of employers, older workers are assessed on the basis of the profitability of their employement or the decision to continue to work or lay off. This study focuses on the employability and employment patterns of the working group, which is generally regarded as the older. It was deemed appropriate to make an assessment of the older unemployed, factors affecting the productivity of older workers working in a job, costs of older employment and attitudes of employers / managers and colleagues to themselves. Despite being an important human resource due to the fact that older workers constitute a large number of people in working life, the fact that there is no evaluation in the frame drawn in the literature is the reason for this study