Challenges of Active Ageing

Part I. The Development of the Law at EU Level

1. Setting the Scene: Development of the CJEU Jurisprudence on Age Discrimination in Employment
Frank Hendrickx

2. A Freedom Under Supervision: The EU Court and Mandatory Retirement Age
Alvaro Oliveira

Part II. The Issue of Retirement

3. Retirement and the Pension Crisis
Jo Grady

4. The Challenges of Active Ageing in the UK: A Case Study of the Approach to Retirement in the UK
Simonetta Manfredi, Lucy Vickers

Part III. The Challenges of Extending Working Lives

5. Intersectionality as a Tool for Analysing Age and Gender in Labour Law
Jenny Julén Votinius

6. Active Ageing in Italy: Labour Market Perspectives and Access to Welfare
Luciana Guaglianone, Fabio Ravelli

7. Older Workers in the Nursing and Midwifery Profession: Will They Stay or Will They Go?
Nicola Johnson, Simonetta Manfredi

8. Emerging Options for Extending Working Lives: Results of a Delphi Study
Alysia Blackham

Part IV. The Perspectives of Workers

9. Extended Working Lives: What Do Older Employees Want?
Wendy Loretto

10. Work and Careers: Narratives from Knowledge Workers Aged 48–58
Karen Handley, Birgit Outer

11. Function, Flexibility, and Responsibility: Differences Between the Former Professional Job and Post-retirement Activities
Leena Pundt, Jürgen Deller, Kenneth S. Shultz, Ulrike Fasbender

Part V. The Perspective from Practice

12. BMW Group Case Study: Help a Workforce to Age
Martin Hall, Andrea Rathbone

13. Managing Older Workers in a Local Authority: The Case of Oxford City Council
Councillor Bob Price

14. What Scope for an Employer Justified Retirement Age? A View from Practice
Saphieh Ashtiany

15. Extending Working Lives: A Trade Union Perspective
Sally Brett

16. ‘Changing Step’: The Transition from the Regular Army to Civilian Life and Work
Vincent Connelly

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