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AGING WORKFORCE Introduction In the United States, as well as other parts of the world, the age of our workforce is changing dramatically. Due to changing economic factors, many at retirement age are continuing to work. For this reason, and because of a steady decline in birth rates, the age of the average worker is increasing. This aging workforce is filling shortages in the labor market that were traditionally filled by younger workers. Employers now have a need to use adaptive measures that can help accommodate this aging workforce. Legal Action Affects Employment In 1967 Congress passed the Age Discrimination in Employment Act to address findings that affected older workers. Their declarations were: "(1) in the face of rising productivity and affluence, older workers find themselves disadvantaged in their efforts to retain employment, and especially to regain employment when displaced from jobs; (2) the setting of arbitrary age limits regardless of potential for...

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