1. ACCI speaks on behalf of businesses at a national and international level 1  2009 CUBED Communications Click to edit title Date Month Year Culture and System – addressing the major barriers to employment opportunities for older workers Kate Carnell AO Chief Executive Officer Canberra COTA National Policy Forum 22 July 2014

2. ACCI speaks on behalf of businesses at a national and international level 2 A crossroad or a transition?

3. ACCI speaks on behalf of businesses at a national and international level Employ Outside the Box – launched 2012  Included a summary of the economic and productivity benefit of increasing participation  Designed as the lead document under which a range of specialised employer guides would sit. 3

4. ACCI speaks on behalf of businesses at a national and international level  First business guide addressed mature age workers - released March 2012  Co-branded by a number of members organisations who distributed by them to their business members. 4

5. ACCI speaks on behalf of businesses at a national and international level Why does it all matter? Context for the Economic Case  The population’s median age is around 38 years, up from 32.1 years in 1990  The number of people aged 65 and over has increased from 11.6 per cent of the population (or 2.1 million people) in 1993 to 14.4 per cent (or 3.3 million people) in 2013.  The workforce aged over 45 is now around 31% and those under 25 only 17%.  The population aged 75 or more years is expected to rise by 4 million from 2012 to 2060, increasing from about 6.4 to 14.4 per cent of the population. 5

6. ACCI speaks on behalf of businesses at a national and international level Life expectancy at birth 6 Source: ABS and Aust Institute of Health and Welfare

7. ACCI speaks on behalf of businesses at a national and international level Why does it all matter? 7

8. ACCI speaks on behalf of businesses at a national and international level 8

9. Australian employment status by Age 2011 9 Source: ABS 2011 as quoted by Grattan Institute Game Changers

10. ACCI speaks on behalf of businesses at a national and international level Participation Rates 55-64 year olds (2012) 10 ABS: 4102.0, Social Trends 2012

11. ACCI speaks on behalf of businesses at a national and international level 55-64 year old workforce participation rates Percent of cohort 11 As quoted in Grattan Institute, Game Changers, 2012

12. ACCI speaks on behalf of businesses at a national and international level 12 Source: The Telegraph, UK, 22 Mar 2012

13. ACCI speaks on behalf of businesses at a national and international level What is the problem? 13  Retention  Recruitment

14. ACCI speaks on behalf of businesses at a national and international level System Factors  Skilling and reskilling  Industrial arrangements need to allow for flexibility  Incentives are important  Better employment services  Improved career development 14 Source: Blogging4Jobs, 30 September 2013

15. ACCI speaks on behalf of businesses at a national and international level Cultural Issues 15

16. ACCI speaks on behalf of businesses at a national and international level  Attitudinal as well as behavioural change  Consistency of message  Persistence  Patience but with purpose  Be forgiving and understanding not critical 16 Cultural Issues Source: panpowered.com