Organizational initiatives and individual agreements: how to motivate the elderly to an extended working life?

Although labour participation in old age has increased, it is known, however, that some people cannot or have difficulty being able to work later in life. Raising the retirement age from the Riksdag is therefore only one of several steps that are necessary to achieve the goal of an extended working life. A significant part of the concrete work to realize this for more groups of employees needs to take place at workplaces and in organizations. There are large knowledge gaps here and this research project aims to improve knowledge about workplace-specific initiatives to create better conditions for a long and sustainable working life. The purpose of the project is to analyze the meanings of strategies and methods for keeping older employees longer in work.

The project analyzes the existence of, individual employment agreements between employees and employers and how these affect employees' pension preferences. More specifically, the project studies a) the existence of individualized measures for older employees b) whether individualized measures have any significance for employees' pension preference c) which (gender, occupational categories, health, etc.) employees receive individual-specific adjustments d) how affect individual conditions (e.g., gender, health, finances, etc.,) and working conditions (such as physical, cognitive, mental and emotional demands) the importance of individually tailored working conditions?