Front page of the Malay Mail today (14 June 2012) A bit too late for me, but good news for those about to reach the current retirement age of 55 for the private sector. An extra five years can mean additional money for our golden nest. With the ever spiraling cost of living eating into […]
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Click here to visit the portal. Let’s face it. Age discrimination still exists when it comes to hiring new staff. So whether you are an older worker who has been laid off, a homemaker eager to return to the work force, or a retiree seeking a career change, you might want to read this first
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Calls for help. Is the government listening? Of late there has been a spate of letters in the papers lamenting the lack of financial assistance for retirees and pensioners. Marie Lee’s letter highlights the many difficulties seniors face in their retirement. This is not something new, but reading some of these letters, you can feel
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Kudos to KMDC, organisers of Malaysia’s first-ever conference on Retirement Transformation. Held on 3 August at the Sime Darby Convention Centre, the event couldn’t have come at a better time. With the slowing down of the birthrate and longer life expectancy, 9.9% of the population in Malaysia will be aged 60 and above by 2020. According to
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Click to enlarge. Source: MOM’s newsletter WORKING Older workers in Singapore have reason to celebrate May Day today. The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has implemented not one but several best practices to encourage companies to rehire older workers. There is the ADVANTAGE! scheme that offers a grant of up to S$400,000 to companies that re-train and
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Of late there has been a spate of letters to the papers from retirees lamenting the lack of re-employment opportunities available to them. Citing age discrimination as the main reason, they also complain that companies are reluctant to hire them despite their wealth of knowledge, experience and academic qualifications because it’s cheaper to recruit younger
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Have you ever walked into a music store and asked for a Beatles CD and be met with a blank look from the young sales assistant? Or step into a hair salon where the young hairstylist is only interested in making every customer look like a clone of himself, never mind that you have your
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