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Showing posts with label Aging Population. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Aging Population. Show all posts

Monday, July 13, 2015

White House Conference on Aging 2015



Read more about "aging" and "workers' compensation":
Jul 07, 2012
Safety in the workplace is now a growing concern as US aging workforce expands. It has been frequently reported that the expansion of this dimension of the labor sector has generated an increase in serious accidents and .
Dec 05, 2009
Safety in the workplace is now a growing concern as US aging workforce expands. It has been frequently reported that the expansion of this dimension of the labor sector has generated an increase in serious accidents and ...
Aug 03, 2012
"The aging of the U.S. population, the increasing share of females in the workforce, and, in recent years, the high unemployment rate are the primary factors explaining the rising costs of Social Security Disability Insurance.".
Nov 25, 2013
Men who are unemployed for more than two years show signs of faster ageing in their DNA, a new study has found. Researchers at Imperial College London and the University of Oulu, Finland studied DNA samples from ...

Saturday, July 7, 2012

Aging Population Requires More Attention

"In the past three months, 39.8 million people over age 15 have provided unpaid care to someone over 65 'because of a condition related to aging.'”
As some jurisdictions cut off workers' compensation benefits based on age, the burden of providing elder care will even increase more significantly in the years ahead.

Click here to read the article: "New Numbers on Elder Care," Paula Span (NY Times)

Click here to read the report:  American Time Use Survey -- 2011 Results (US BLS) 


Related Blogs:
Dec 05, 2009
Safety in the workplace is now a growing concern as US aging workforce expands. It has been frequently reported that the expansion of this dimension of the labor sector has generated an increase in serious accidents and ...
Oct 31, 2011
Statistics also reveal that the aging workforce is continuing to fall apart physically and file for Social Security Disability Insurance in lieu of workers' compensation at a greater rate than ever.. Even though more attention is now...
Feb 18, 2011
The aging workforce continues to increase as a result of both the economic downturn, as well a a dramatically increased retirement age. Furthermore, the increase in the denial rate of occupational conditions, some caused by ...
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Jun 19, 2012
Too Old For Comp Statute Upheld. An Appellate Court in Florida has upheld a state law that limits workers' compensation benefits due to age. The Court held: Section 440.15(1)(b), Florida Statutes (2003), classifies the ...
Jan 12, 2011
Too Old to Get Workers Compensation. Washington's Governor, Chris Gregorine has proposed legislation to retire older totally disabled workers from the state's workers' compensation system. About 8% of the state's totally...