The Straits Times

Today’s older workers bring different expectations to the table.

Angelique Chan, the advisor of the Centre for Ageing Research & Education at Duke-NUS Medical School, said the whole discussion is about the fact that “60 is the new 40”.

“The current 65-year-olds, or even the 70-year-olds, are often healthier, better educated and more tech-savvy than the same cohort a generation ago. Our healthy life expectancy today is so high that we have actually pushed out the time in which we become disabled,” she said.

Here, Chan said, the answer is to have employers adapt accordingly – flexible schedules, remote opportunities and part-time arrangements – to make it easier for experienced workers to contribute without burning out.

Agreeing, Straughan added: “Regardless of the triggers, employers must learn that if they want to do business in Singapore, they must restructure paid work and learn to purposefully and meaningfully engage older workers in their 50s to 70s.

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