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Model workplaces for older employees. Susan Freiberg BG Institute Work and Health Dresden (Germany). Demographic change. Numbers of younger and older people of working age in the population by 2050 in Germany (projection scenario involving net immigration of 200,000 persons p.a.).
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Model workplaces for older employees Susan FreibergBG Institute Work and Health Dresden (Germany)
Demographic change Numbers of younger and older people of working age in the population by 2050 in Germany (projection scenario involving net immigration of 200,000 personsp.a.) Fuchs, J., Söhnlein, D., 2005. Vorausschätzung der Erwerbsbevölkerung bis 2050. Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung research report No. 16/2005
Who are the „older employees“? 30+ 40+ 60+ 50+ 70+ 80+
increasing decreasing • Life experience • Occupational experience • Professional experience • Routine • Social competences • Communication skills • Sense of duty • Reliability • Losses of hearing • Deteriorating vision • Deteriorating in general agility • Reduction in muscular performance • Reduction in the performance of the cardiovascular system • Reduction in stamina • Increase of the recovery times Variations in the age
Good design in consideration of human • engineering and ergonomic criteria • Younger employees also benefit from • a good workplace design • No special „workplaces for old people“ • or „ gentle workplaces“ • Consideration of individual abilities Ergonomic design of workplaces - principles Good ergonomic design and productivity should not and need not be mutually exclusive.
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