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Older workers' resource hub

Access resources for older workers and employers on age-inclusive recruitment, retention, and multigenerational workplace practices to create fairer employment.

Summary

Retaining older workers and tapping into the benefits of a multigenerational workforce brings many advantages for businesses and organisations, including the retention of organisational knowledge, diversity of skills and ideas, and enhanced productivity and innovation. 

Older workers' resource hub

Older workers' rights training

Access free eLearning on older workers' rights, legal responsibilities, and strategies for building age-diverse and genuinely inclusive workplaces today.

Age Discrimination in Employment

Understand age discrimination in employment and how older people's right to work is being denied in Australia, affecting economic security and participation.

Multigenerational workforces

Guide to the rights of older workers under the Age Discrimination Act 2004 (Cth), addressing age-based discrimination in multigenerational workforces.

More older people's rights projects

Employer biases against older and younger generations hindering Australian workforce productivity

Older people’s rights, Employment and workplace
Media Release
17 November 2025

Ageism keeping older people out of the workforce

Older people’s rights
Media Release
17 November 2025

Benefits of a multigenerational workforce

Older people’s rights
15 November 2025

The age barrier: older adults’ experiences of ageism in health care

Older people’s rights
Report
20 November 2025

Shaping Perceptions: How Australian Media Reports on Ageing (2024)

Older people’s rights
Report
1 October 2024

Older workers' rights training

Older people’s rights
Training
29 May 2026

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