Age-based comments have negative impact on workplace

Published on May 6, 2008 by Donna Seale

Aging Workforce News reports on research out of the US that shows ageist language in the workplace can have a dramatic negative impact on the health and well-being of older workers. Given the demographic shift that workplaces are beginning to experience, employers who will need to consider retaining the more ‘senior members’ of their workplaces well past the usual retirement age may want to keep this research in mind. Putting a quick halt to the use of age-based discriminatory language in the workplace will assist in ensuring a positive work environment that could help encourage older workers to stay.