Flynn Matt, Wong Louise
Centre for Research Into the Older Workforce, University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom.
Wai Yin Society, Manchester, United Kingdom.
Front Sociol. 2022 Apr 28;7:845623. doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2022.845623. eCollection 2022.
As populations age and pension ages rise, there is a growing interest in the ability of workers to extend working life. In response to a call for a more robust dialogue on the heterogeneity of the older workforce, this article explores the interplay between different employment barriers faced by one group facing significant employment barriers: older migrants. Older Chinese migrants in the United Kingdom face multiple barriers to work resulting from age, ethnicity and the intersectionality of such barriers which creates a unique set of barriers to continued work. Community activism can play an important role in supporting older constituents, particularly in matching the skills which they have to offer with the needs within and beyond the migrant community. In this study, we use Participatory Action Research to explore with older Chinese migrants the barriers they face in the job market and how community activism can empower them in maintaining employment. As government seeks to raise real retirement ages, more research is needed on its implications for vulnerable groups of older people including migrants.
随着人口老龄化以及退休年龄的提高，人们越来越关注劳动者延长工作年限的能力。为响应就老年劳动力异质性展开更有力对话的呼吁，本文探讨了面临重大就业障碍的一个群体——老年移民——所面临的不同就业障碍之间的相互作用。在英国的华裔老年移民面临着因年龄、种族以及这些障碍的交叉性而产生的多重工作障碍，这些障碍构成了继续工作的独特障碍。社区行动主义在支持老年选民方面可以发挥重要作用，特别是在将他们所具备的技能与移民社区内外的需求相匹配方面。在本研究中，我们运用参与式行动研究法，与华裔老年移民一起探讨他们在就业市场中面临的障碍，以及社区行动主义如何能够增强他们维持就业的能力。由于政府试图提高实际退休年龄，因此需要更多关于这对包括移民在内的弱势老年人群体影响的研究。
