Awards for Australia’s top 20 age positive employers

Companies with effective age management strategies will be recognised in a new award,
rating the top age positive employers in the country. Launched recently by over 40s job board, www.adage.com.au the Adage Top 20, to be announced in April 2007, will be to recognise organisations making a difference in age management.

Nominations are now open and voting has begun to find organisations where mature
employees are highly prized, recruitment practices are age neutral and age diversity is actively encouraged.

To identify the Adage Top 20, Australians are invited to nominate any organisation they see effectively managing the risks, challenges and opportunities of an ageing workforce.
The types of strategies that the judges would be looking for indicating age management
excellence include:

Actively promoting vacant positions to mature job seekers (40+);
Encouraging flexible work practices ;
Providing phased retirement opportunities;
Giving training opportunities to mature workers;
Implementing knowledge transfer or mentoring programs ; and
Providing retirement coaching for employees.

Organisations that are eligible for the Adage Top 20 are corporates, small / medium enterprises and recruitment companies. Adage will produce a list of nominated organisations in March 2007 and then an expert panel will rank the organisations.

Nominations can be made online at www.adage.com.au until next March. The Adage Top 20 list of organisations will be announced in a ceremony in April 2007.