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MANUFACTURERS have an increasingly positive attitude towards employing older workers to address challenges posed by skills shortages and an ageing population, according to a report from manufacturers’ organisation EEF Northern.
The report, An Ageing Workforce – How are manufacturers preparing? shows firms believe older workers to be a valuable part of their workforce, more productive and less likely to be absent than younger counterparts.
The more physical nature of manufacturing is also not seen as a barrier to older workers.
EEF Northern director, Alan Hall, said the reports showed “older workers are highly valued by manufacturing employers”.
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