Welcome to PubAlerts, a free service of the UNC Institute on Aging Information Center. Our goal is to alert you to new publications in the area of Older Workers, drawing from a wide pool of sources. You can subscribe to this list by visiting http://www.aging.unc.edu/infocenter/pubalerts.html. Please contact one of the library staff at aginginfo@unc.edu if you have comments or suggestions. --JOURNAL ARTICLES-- Study protocol: the effects of work-site exercise on the physical fitness and work-ability of older workers. Mackey M, Maher CG, Wong T, Collins K. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2007 Jan 31;8(1):9 [Epub ahead of print] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=17263895&itool=iconfft&itool=pubmed_DocSum Is there Life Without Work? Orit Nuttman-Shwartz The International Journal of Aging and Human Development. 2007 April; 64(2): 129-147. http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?id=0628W312212PH1J1 An Experimental Test on Retirement Decisions Enrique Fatas; Juan A. Lacomba; Francisco Lagos Economic Inquiry. Published online early: 13-Feb-2007. http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1465-7295.2007.00027.x Policy changes and the labour force participation of older workers: evidence from six countries. Cooke M. Can J Aging. 2006 Winter;25(4):387-400. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=17310459&itool=iconabstr&itool=pubmed_DocSum --REPORTS-- The Benchmark Study: summary report: phase 1 of the National Study of Business Strategy and Workforce Development Center on Aging & Work/Workplace Flexibility (December 2006, .pdf format, 25 p.). http://agingandwork.bc.edu/documents/RH03_BenchmarkStudy_12-06_001.pdf --NEWS-- Managing an aging workforce CEO Forum Group - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia ASDA has found this focus on aging workers provided a number of organisational benefits. For example, stores with a higher proportion of older workers have ... http://www.ceoforum.com.au/article-detail.cfm?cid=7992 Labour force is altering collective bargaining in '07 Daily Commercial News - Toronto,Ontario,Canada "Canada's aging workforce and tightening labour market are creating a convergence of interests between management and labour, as both parties scramble for ... http://dcnonl.com/article/20070205800 S. Korea hopes to tackle future workforce shortage by widening ... South Korea South Korea is facing an impending demographic crisis as it has both one of the world's lowest birthrates and one of the world's fastest-aging populations. ... http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_national/188823.html The New England Council Releases Studies on Rhode Island's Aging ... Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA PROVIDENCE, RI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--New England's aging workforce could stall economic development and job growth in the future, according to a report prepared ... http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070207006140&newsLang=en The Graying of the IT Workforce PC World - USA The aging workforce is garnering the attention of employers who are starting to lose employees to retirement. According to the AARP, 13 percent of the US ? http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,128807/article.html Study Explores Benefits and Risks for Older Women Workers Ergoweb - UT,USA It wants to add one million older people to the workforce. The benefits of work outside the home for aging women are well documented, Doyal and Payne say, ... http://www.ergoweb.com/news/detail.cfm?id=1702 Study looks at state's aging workers Cleburne News - Cleburne,AL,USA Between one half and seven in ten employers also rate issues related to managing an aging workforce as at least very important: retaining mature employees ... http://www.cleburnenews.com/news/2007/cn-local-0219-0-7b19j3431.htm What's your retirement style? National Post - Don Mills,Ontario,Canada And, as mandatory retirement disappears across the country and labour shortages result from Canada's aging workforce, they will increasingly be able to stay ... http://www.canada.com/topics/finance/rrsp2007/story.html?id=8fd5c9d9-014b-4259-8e45-3984b7e4034c&k=21637 LABOUR-JAPAN: Old is Gold as Workforce Shrinks Inter Press Service (subscription) - Rome,Italy TOKYO, Feb 26 (IPS) - With Japan?s aging population expected to cause a severe drop in the national workforce starting this year the government plans to ... http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=36721