22 - Healthwise
A LOT OF SENIORS
Since I've been in Finland I've noticed that I've seen more elderly people than in France. But also a lot of active and working older people.
In Finland, the population is ageing faster than in many OECD countries, putting increasing pressure on public finances, particularly through pensions and health care spending, and on labour resources. In addition to reforming pension systems, longer working hours also requires improving the employability of older workers through training and reforming certain labour market policies to boost overall employment.
FIGHTING AGAINST THE DIFFERENCIATION AGAINST THE DIFFERENCIATION OF OLDER PEOPLE IN THE WORK ENVIRONMENT
That is why Finland is fighting against the differentiation of older people in the working environment. The country has introduced a number of reforms to eliminate unequal treatment on grounds of age. Reforms which France and other European countries should take as an example. Finnish companies have introduced career management. Indeed, they are putting an end to age measures which benefit both employees and employers, with opportunities for development and employability at any age.
SENIORS IN COMPANIES
It has been found that in Finland a large number of seniors remain in employment because companies offer good working conditions: with new tools and training in new technologies. In Finland, employers have the obligation to pamper their seniors because the Finnish government wants to encourage them to work longer to fill the pension funds. There is no real legal retirement age. In fact there is a retirement age but it is flexible, it is possible to postpone retirement and the later it is postponed the higher the pension will be. Each additional month worked increases the pension of individuals by 0.4%. This works because Finland is one of the European countries with the most active senior citizens. Although the employment of older people is increasing, the effective retirement age is still relatively low, as a large number of workers retire at the minimum age of 63 despite the existence of financial incentives to extend working hours, and different gateways are used to stop working even earlier.
SYSTEMS OF AGE COOPERATION
Finally, Finland is aware of the issues at stake with regard to the complementarity of generations. It facilitates this complementarity by setting up systems of age cooperation in the workplace. This cooperation is a two-way process: an older person passing on his or her experience or skills to a younger person, or training in new technologies by the younger people for the older ones.
Since I've been in Finland I've noticed that I've seen more elderly people than in France. But also a lot of active and working older people.In Finland, the population is ageing faster than in many OECD countries, putting increasing pressure on public finances, particularly through pensions and health care spending, and on labour resources. In addition to reforming pension systems, longer working hours also requires improving the employability of older workers through training and reforming certain labour market policies to boost overall employment.
FIGHTING AGAINST THE DIFFERENCIATION AGAINST THE DIFFERENCIATION OF OLDER PEOPLE IN THE WORK ENVIRONMENT
That is why Finland is fighting against the differentiation of older people in the working environment. The country has introduced a number of reforms to eliminate unequal treatment on grounds of age. Reforms which France and other European countries should take as an example. Finnish companies have introduced career management. Indeed, they are putting an end to age measures which benefit both employees and employers, with opportunities for development and employability at any age.
SENIORS IN COMPANIES
It has been found that in Finland a large number of seniors remain in employment because companies offer good working conditions: with new tools and training in new technologies. In Finland, employers have the obligation to pamper their seniors because the Finnish government wants to encourage them to work longer to fill the pension funds. There is no real legal retirement age. In fact there is a retirement age but it is flexible, it is possible to postpone retirement and the later it is postponed the higher the pension will be. Each additional month worked increases the pension of individuals by 0.4%. This works because Finland is one of the European countries with the most active senior citizens. Although the employment of older people is increasing, the effective retirement age is still relatively low, as a large number of workers retire at the minimum age of 63 despite the existence of financial incentives to extend working hours, and different gateways are used to stop working even earlier.
SYSTEMS OF AGE COOPERATION
Finally, Finland is aware of the issues at stake with regard to the complementarity of generations. It facilitates this complementarity by setting up systems of age cooperation in the workplace. This cooperation is a two-way process: an older person passing on his or her experience or skills to a younger person, or training in new technologies by the younger people for the older ones.
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