Aging worker termites explode themselves in suicide missions
(Phys.org) -- A new study of termites has revealed that older workers are equipped with suicide packs of chemicals on their backs to fight off intruders.
News tagged with older workers
Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics supplemented for 21st century care robots
Isaac Asimov famously devised three laws of robotics that underpinned a number of his science fiction books and short stories, Professor Tom Sorell of the University of Warwick has helped develop a new set of rules that they ...
Robotics
Aug 15, 2014
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We need new jobs as the machines do more of our work
We might be living longer than ever before, but the Australian government's plan to keep older people in the workforce may not be that easy.
Economics & Business
May 14, 2015
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Australia on the cusp of a disability benefit blowout?
Economists at the University of Melbourne have warned Australia is just one economic downturn away from a disability benefit blowout.
Economics & Business
Sep 2, 2013
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Rethinking the relationship between age, business acumen and entrepreneurship
There's no question the domestic workforce is aging. According to recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median age of the U.S. labor force was 42 years in 2016, up from 38 in 1996, and it's projected to keep ...
Economics & Business
Jan 10, 2019
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Support, reality can help older workers cope with late-career job loss
The older you are, the harder it is to get a job if you're unemployed. In 2013 the average length of unemployment for workers over the age of 50 was 53 weeks, compared to 10 weeks for teenagers, according to the United States ...
Social Sciences
Nov 4, 2013
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Older workers do not necessarily perform worse
Do older staff members earn more than they deserve? Dutch research carried out into productivity and incomes among older workers by labour economist Jan van Ours (Tilburg University) shows that the difference in performance ...
Social Sciences
Feb 12, 2010
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More older adults from US volunteering in other countries
Nearly 290,000 older adults from the U.S. volunteered abroad during 2012 - an increase of more than 60 percent in less than a decade, a recent study found.
Social Sciences
Mar 10, 2015
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When older people feel excluded at work
Employees over 50 can feel excluded and demotivated in the workplace for various reasons. They feel particularly excluded when they believe that their cognitive abilities decrease with age, as psychologists from the University ...
Social Sciences
Mar 5, 2020
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Job boom, but an economic bust
Baby boomers will need to play a critical role in filling a potentially significant labor shortage later this decade after the economy recovers from its downturn, according to new research by Northeastern University.
Economics & Business
Mar 22, 2010
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