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Ricky Lim ·
“Should we continue to assume that most people do not work beyond age 64? In fact, brother Chee Meng asked a good question recently. Why should there be an expiry age for people’s desire or willingness to work?” Mrs Teo said at the seminar. “If so many countries will have older populations, how can we turn this into a competitive edge for our economy and society?”
The setting up of a committee to better support older workers was first mooted by Mr Ng during his first speech in Parliament as deputy secretary-general of NTUC in response to the President’s Address. He also proposed expanding the Inclusive Growth Programme (IGP) by the National Trades Union Congress to extend more help to low-wage workers.
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Yes many people want to work beyond 64 years old - as they want to stay alert, stay healthy and want to be still active working earning money.
But the problem is, many companies will start to target 50 years old, 60 years old - to be retrenched - in favor of younger workers or FTs.
So this workgroup come in handy - on how to tackle older workers who are healthy, alerts - and still want to work.
The setting up of a committee to better support older workers was first mooted by Mr Ng during his first speech in Parliament as deputy secretary-general of NTUC in response to the President’s Address. He also proposed expanding the Inclusive Growth Programme (IGP) by the National Trades Union Congress to extend more help to low-wage workers.
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Yes many people want to work beyond 64 years old - as they want to stay alert, stay healthy and want to be still active working earning money.
But the problem is, many companies will start to target 50 years old, 60 years old - to be retrenched - in favor of younger workers or FTs.
So this workgroup come in handy - on how to tackle older workers who are healthy, alerts - and still want to work.
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