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Promoting Sustainable Work for Healthier and Longer Careers: Demographic Change Perspectives

This presentation by Dr. Götz Richter explores the impact of demographic change on sustainable work practices for healthier and longer careers. Topics include older workers, gender aspects in OSH research, migrant workers, health inequalities, major health issues, and strategies for preventing early retirement. It discusses the relevance of demographic change in Germany, research agendas, and initiatives addressing age-appropriate working conditions. The advancement of preventive occupational safety and health, corporate skill management, and age-differentiated work systems are also highlighted, emphasizing the importance of adapting and preventing in a dynamic workplace environment.

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Promoting Sustainable Work for Healthier and Longer Careers: Demographic Change Perspectives

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  1. Dr. Götz Richter Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Brussels, 9 October 2013 Demographic change – sustainable work for healthier and longer working lives

  2. Main Topics • Demographic Change – sustainable work for healthier and • longer working lives • Older workers • Women at work and gender aspects in OSH research • Migrant workers and other vulnerable groups • Health inequalities and work • Major health problems • Early retirement versus prolonging working life – work disability prevention and return-to-work research

  3. Relation to OSH Research in Germany • Demographic change as a general issue in Germany: • Demography Strategy of the Federal Government • Research agenda for demographic change: • "The New Future of Old Age" of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) • Joint Programming: • „More Years, better lives“ (BMBF) • OSH related research areas: • BMBF • Balance of flexibility and stability in a changing world of work • Corporate skill management in demographic change • Funding priority „Preventive Occupational Safety and Health“ • DFG • Research Programme Age-Differentiated Work Systems

  4. Relation to OSH Research in BAuA • General mandate • Advise on all matters of occupational safety and health and of the humane design of working conditions Demographic Change • Monitoring • Valid indicator for a profound description of working conditions • Composition of data on world of work from all ministries • Intervention studies to preserve employability until retirement age and beyond • Research priority in the new working programme 2014 – 2017 • Research on age/ageing-appropriate working conditions • Development of guidelines and concepts on age/ageing-appropriate workplaces

  5. Complementary Issues • Research should cover: • Multidisciplinary scientific perspective • Lifecourse approach • Age/ageing-appropriate working conditions Integration of research questions and methods of different science disciplines Dynamic perspectives • adapt and prevent

  6. Thank you very much for your attention

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