Older workers in SMEs – a golden asset or liability?

More than one fifth of Germany's SME employees are over the age of 54. The KfW SME Panel survey shows that SMEs do not see their older employees as a liability. On the contrary – they treasure mature workers' reliability and valuable expertise. In order to bring out the specific strengths of older employees, work procedures and conditions need to be adapted. In many SMEs, however, measures aimed at adapting workplaces to accommodate older workers, implementing workplace health management and creating a multi-generational work environment are still in the planning phase.

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