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January 3, 2008
The end of retirement age
Mandatory retirement has been retired in BC and that raises several questions including how to get rid of aging staffers who have passed their best-before dates, and whether continuing to work just because you can is good for your physical and mental health. SFU psychologist Ginger Grant studies corporate storytelling and says aging employees can be a real asset to corporations--"They carry the values and traditions of an organization into the future"--but she advocates regular performance-based reviews to determine when it's really time to go.
Ginger Grant: 778.782.7446, ggrant@sfu.ca
Mandatory retirement has been retired in BC and that raises several questions including how to get rid of aging staffers who have passed their best-before dates, and whether continuing to work just because you can is good for your physical and mental health. SFU psychologist Ginger Grant studies corporate storytelling and says aging employees can be a real asset to corporations--"They carry the values and traditions of an organization into the future"--but she advocates regular performance-based reviews to determine when it's really time to go.
Ginger Grant: 778.782.7446, ggrant@sfu.ca