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Aging Workforce News IN THE STATES
Aging Workforce News is an enhanced news site and blog tracking developments, tools, and resources for managing older workers and boomers in the workplace. This page provides links to news stories, research, and resources for older workers and employers in Alaska.
Alaska and the Aging Workforce
State News
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"Growing number of Alaska workers are older" The Cordova Times (May 3, 2018)
"Old fogies" Craig Medred (Nov. 17, 2017)
"Aging workforce poses challenge to Alaska fishing’s future" Undercurrent News (Dec. 6, 2016)
"Alaska Baby Boomers Reach Retirement Age: Economists study what will happen as growing numbers of Alaskans reach retirement age" KTUU-TV (May 12, 2014)
"Alaska's older workers stay on jobs" Homer (AK) News (August 15, 2012)
State Agencies
Mature Alaskans Seeking Skills Training (MASST) Alaska's SCSEP program (to foster individual economic self-sufficiency and promote useful opportunities in community service activities that shall include community service employment for unemployed low-income persons who are age 55 or older, particularly persons who have poor employment prospects, and to increase the number of persons who may enjoy the benefits of unsubsidized employment in both the public and private sectors)
State Data
Alaska Indicators: Aging and Work from the State Initiatives project at the Boston College Center on Aging & Work
Financial Security for Future Retirees: Alaska National Institute on Retirement Security
State Fact Sheet: Alaska AARP Public Policy Institute, State Retirement Savings Resource Center
"A Growing Number of Older Workers: Where upcoming retirements could come from" Alaska Economic Trends (May 2014)
"The Shift to an Older Alaska: Baby boomers changed the makeup of state’s population" Alaska Economic Trends (August 2012)