__% of Baby Boomers will continue to work part-time after retirement - 80%
3 U.S Laws surrounding age - 1. IRS Regulations
2. ERISA
3. ADA
Average age of workers at VitaNeedle is___. The oldest employee is ___ years old. - 74; 100
Why does VitaNeedle like hiring older employees? - 1. They are ...
___% of Baby Boomers will continue to work part-time after retirement - ✔✔80%
3 U.S Laws surrounding age - ✔✔1. IRS Regulations
2. ERISA
3. ADA
Average age of workers at VitaNeedle is___. The oldest employee is ___ years old. - ✔✔74; 100
Why does VitaNeedle like hiring older employees? - ✔✔1. They are more loyal
2. They pay more attention to detail
3. Fewer days absent
Some lady mentioned that getting ___% of employees to take advantage of flexible work programs
is good - ✔✔25%
___ is a company that values older workers in their manufacturing plants - ✔✔BMW
Average age of workers is expected to rise from ___ to ___ by 2017 - ✔✔39 to 47
BMW invested $____ euros into creating a prototype of an assembly line to determine how to increase
productivity. Overall, their productivity increased by ___%. -
✔✔$20,000 7%
Productivity _______ (increases/decreases) with age and variation of productivity _______
(increases/decreases) with age - ✔✔Decrease; Increase
, How did BMW go about making improvements? - ✔✔1. Positive leadership: gave employees a
chance to explore every option within the company
2. Workers were assigned 5 points to rank proposals that they thought were the most beneficial
3.Management showed that they trusted and valued the opinions of their workers by not
questioning their various proposals
What were some of the physical changes BMW made to the workplace that reduced wear and tear on
their employees bodies? - ✔✔- changed concrete floor to wood
- provided workers with chairs
- increased font size on screens
- stretch before work
Why do older and younger people work better together? - ✔✔- they dont view each other as
competition
- work well as a team
- combine old and young views and experiences
Walmart recently agreed to settle a 9 year old lawsuit. What was the lawsuit about and how much did
they settle for? - ✔✔- They refused to provide employers with chairs
- Settled for $65 million
Women are more than half of the total workforce at which company presented in class? - ✔✔Allstate
What company presented in class received backlash from Dakota Access Pipeline that interfered
with Native American land? - ✔✔Energy Transfer
Which company presented in class spent $9.2 billion on supplier diversity and mentioned the MLK
50 Program? - ✔✔Fed-Ex
Which company presented in class created a "Women's Initiative Network"? - ✔✔Caterpillar
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