It’s not about age - Pathways for engagement in employing mature age people and existing workers as apprentices: An employer perspective
Future competitiveness in the skilled workforce will rest partly on the performance and productivity of ageing workforces and, therefore, on the efficient utilisation of older workers. While there are cyclical pressures on the labour market that create fluctuations in the supply of labour, in the long term Australia must maximise the numbers of skilled working age people in the workforce. To that end, this study examines options that actively encourage the engagement of mature age and existing workers in apprenticeships.