Happy Retirement?: The Impact of Employers' Policies and Practice on the Process of Retirement (Transitions After 50)

"Any attempt by governments to stem the tide of early retirement will need to focus as much on employers' management of human resources as on the impacts of social policy. This report focuses on the previously neglected area of employers' policies and practice as a dynamic force in retirement decisions. Drawing on data from a series of organizational case studies that situate the individual's decisions and experience in the context of employers' age management policies, the report: examines how the retirement process is currently managed in a range of organizations; identifies barriers to effective planning for retirement; considers whether individuals feel there is enough choice when facing decisions about retirement; and addresses the concerns of both researchers and academics in the fields of human resource management and social policy. Policy makers, employers and all those interested in the relationship between employers' policies, individual decisions and social policy should read the report."Sarah Vickerstaff is the author of 'Happy Retirement?: The Impact of Employers' Policies and Practice on the Process of Retirement (Transitions After 50)', published 2004 under ISBN 9781861345844 and ISBN 1861345844.