Dissertation_Paula Aleksandrowicz_12 ... - Jacobs University

- protection against dismissals;
- staffing of singular positions predominantly with younger or older workers;
- internal age thresholds for singular positions?
• In your opinion, what are the main fields of action with regard to the goal of labour market integration of
older workers?
- recruitment;
- dismissals;
- the job profile;
- job rotation;
- flexibilisation of working time;
- promotion;
- teamwork;
- remuneration;
- in-service training;
- ...?
• Does your firm pursue certain innovative measures which aim at a better integration of older workers?
• Does your firm utilise certain active labour market measures in order to recruit or train older workers?
E.g.:
- integration grants;
- subsidy to the unemployment insurance when recruiting a worker aged 55 or older;
- time-limited employment of workers aged 52 or older;
- job-creation measures (ABM)?
- early retirement scheme;
- ...?
• Has the recent labour market legislation had an effect on the personnel policy of your firm towards older
workers, or will it presumably have an effect in the future? E.g.:
- the termination of §428 Social Code Book III as of 2006 (facilitated receipt of the earnings-related
unemployment benefit);
- shortened period of receipt of the earnings-related unemployment benefit for older workers from 32 to 18
months as of Feb. 2006;
- expiry of the obligation to reimburse the jobcentre for the unemployment benefit paid to dismissed older
workers (by Feb. 2006);
- narrower range of criteria in case of social selection during dismissals (the criterion of labour market
chances of the person to be dismissed is dropped);
- …?
• What (possible) need for action do you perceive with regard to the situation of older workers in your firm
or the ageing of the firm´s workforce?
• What do you perceive as the main barriers towards pursuing those fields of action?
• What should change on the collective bargaining or statutory level in order to facilitate personnel policy
towards older workers in your firm?
Personnel reductions
• Has your firm gone through large personnel reductions in the last 10-15 years? What was the procedure of
dismissals, what groups of workers were affected, what were the framing conditions (natural turnover,
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