Employee Relations: Volume 35 Issue 3

Employers’ use of older workers in the recession

Vanessa Beck

The purpose of this paper is to explore the degree to which there have been changes during the recession in the behaviour of employers with regards to their employment of older…

Extending working lives: age management in SMEs

Vanesa Fuertes, Valerie Egdell, Ronald McQuaid

The purpose of this paper is to present a study of age management in small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) in the UK.

Trade unions and the pension crisis: defending member interests in a neoliberal world

Jo Grady

The purpose of this paper is to draw upon empirical research in order to demonstrate the ways in which trade unions have responded to the so‐called current UK pension crisis.

Career progression in older managers

Dianne Bown‐Wilson, Emma Parry

The purpose of this paper is to explore what drives UK managers aged over 50 to continue progressing in their careers rather than retiring, and their perceptions of career…

The work‐to‐retirement transition of academic staff: attitudes and experiences

Eleanor Davies, Andrew Jenkins

The purpose of this paper is to examine the significance of the work‐to‐retirement transition for academic staff from a life course perspective and the manner in which individuals…

HRM practices and low occupational status older workers

Sophie Hennekam, Olivier Herrbach

The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of perceived human resource management (HRM) practices on affective organizational commitment, job performance and preference for…

Rethinking retirement: changing realities for older workers and employee relations?

Wendy Loretto, David Lain, Sarah Vickerstaff