By guest contributor Geoff Pearman, Founder/Director, Partners in Change The world of work is changing with much of the discussion being around the impact of technological change. The workforce…

Highlights from the recent Age and Work Symposium November 2018 From the 1500s onward, till around the year 1800, life expectancy throughout Europe hovered between 30 and 40 years of age. Thomas Hobbs the 17^th century British Philosopher described life at the time as "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.” Even at the turn of the 20^th century a quarter of babies in Europe didn't make it past their 5^th birthday. Of children who did survive to the age of 18 around twenty per cent were orphaned.

It is now confirmed. The age of entitlement to the aged pension will rise to 70 by 2035. But will the jobs be there for those who want & need…