Rapid population ageing and acute labour shortages make it essential to better engage and retain mid-career and older workers. This is highlighted in a new OECD report ‘Promoting Better Career Mobility for Longer Working Lives in Czechia’. Job mobility can play a critical role in this effort, not only by enhancing wages and job quality but also enabling workers to adapt their careers to align with their evolving needs and the labour demands of the digital and green transitions. However, voluntary job mobility in the country, as in other OECD countries, significantly declines with age, limiting older workers’ ability to navigate these changes. The report provides an assessment of policy challenges that hinder voluntary job mobility in mid-to-late career and develops policy recommendations for enhancing career progression opportunities as workers age.
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