ABSTRACT
The aging of the workforce in the United States has been well documented, and workplaces are beginning to consider the implications of this demographic shift with regard to employees’ needs and preferences for specific types of benefits and human resource policies. The presence of unions, associations that have traditionally advocated for benefits and protections for their members, may be one factor that affects the readiness of workplaces to adapt to the aging of the workforce. A national study reported here has found that though workplaces with union presence are more likely to provide some of the benefits important to older workers, such as health insurance for the families of part-time employees, they are less likely to have a more comprehensive scope of flexible work options available to most of their employees.
