S'pore studies older workers

S'pore studies older workers

SINGAPORE: A delegation from Singapore is in Japan studying
ways to keep older workers employed longer, the manpower ministry
said on Thursday.

The group is headed by Minister of State for Manpower and
Education Gan Kim Yong.

They are studying methods the Japanese are adopting to
continue hiring and retaining older workers, the ministry said in
a statement.

Gan is scheduled to visit several private firms during the
four-day visit and meet Japan's health, labor and welfare
minister Jiro Kawasaki.

A committee on employment of older workers was set up under
Gan earlier this year to explore ways of keeping aging employees
on the job.-- DPA