Retaining Bermudian Workers Aged 65+ Guide
The Ministry of Economy and Labour announced the release of the Retaining Bermudian Workers Aged 65+ Policy Guide for Employers.
A Government spokesperson said, “The Ministry of Economy and Labour today announced the release of the Retaining Bermudian Workers Aged 65+ Policy Guide for Employers, a comprehensive resource designed to help organisations retain, re-engage, and support Bermudian workers aged 65 and older as part of a broader national strategy to strengthen the workforce.
“Bermuda, like many advanced economies, is experiencing significant demographic change. An ageing population, declining birth rate, and acute labour shortages across multiple sectors have increased the urgency for employers to adopt age-inclusive workforce practices. The new guide provides practical tools, drawn from global best practice, to help employers respond effectively.”
Minister of Economy and Labour Jason Hayward emphasised the importance of leveraging the experience and expertise of older Bermudians, stating, “Bermuda’s demographic reality is clear, we are an ageing society with a shrinking labour pool. To maintain a strong economy and ensure continuity across essential services, we must retain the skills, knowledge, and mentorship capacity of our older Bermudian workers. This guide provides employers with the practical strategies they need to do just that.”
The spokesperson said, “The Age Retention Policy Guide outlines a range of evidence-based approaches that employers can implement, including:
- Phased retirement and structured re-employment
- Flexible and part-time work options
- Skills-based hiring and the removal of age-biased recruitment language
- Continuous training and mid-career reskilling
- Structured mentorship and knowledge transfer programmes
- Job redesign and ergonomic adjustments to support productivity
- Opportunities for second careers and consulting roles
“In addition to strategy guidance, the document includes sample policy wording, implementation steps, and success metrics to help organisations build age-inclusive practices into their broader workforce planning. These tools support better succession planning, lower turnover, and stronger operational resilience.”
Minister Hayward, underscoring the essential role older Bermudians play in strengthening the workforce and urging employers to take an active role in addressing the island’s demographic challenges, explained, “Workers aged 65 and older contribute reliability, leadership, institutional knowledge, and long-standing client relationships. Retaining even a small fraction of this talent significantly strengthens our workforce. Age inclusion is not just a social good; it is a strategic economic imperative. Demographic change affects every business in Bermuda, and I strongly encourage employers, HR leaders, unions, and industry partners to review this guide and incorporate its recommendations. Building age-inclusive policies today will help secure a more stable and sustainable labour market for the future.”
The spokesperson said, “The Age Retention Policy Guide for Employers is now available to all organisations and can be accessed through the Ministry of Economy and Labour’s website.
“The Ministry of Economy and Labour will continue working with employer groups, unions, and industry stakeholders to support the adoption of age-inclusive practices across the economy.”
The Retaining Bermudian Workers Aged 65+ Policy Guide for Employers follows below [PDF here]:
Work until you die ppl
When Gov put hundreds of people at the age of 65 out of work.
They did not or could not realize how much damage was being done to the country, that destroyed a nation,
Many have left for Greener Pastures.”
The Gov thought of themselves before the country, now you know what a ” Brain Dain is, including Lack of Experience, and lack of Ability” are.
Fancy Certificates are for sale and what computer printers can do!
If people cannot do the task, they sit in the lunchroom drinking coffee all the while they are taking the country right where we are today.
BACK to ZERO!
or
scraping the Barrell.
“There’s a hole in the bucket Dear Liza. ” >>>>’ FIX IT! ‘
Do not expect a carpenter to pull teeth, or a dentist to cut wood.
Are we being watched from across the pond.?
“You can run, but you cannot hide.”
The longer we keep moving the longer we will live.
WE go to bed to die.
I am just gone past 90
Way too many people died here in the year 2025
Retirement is a sickness.
RETUREMENT COSTS MONEY
The people of Bermuda should have the right to choose the terms of their own retirement.
We all do not do the same job.
We all do not earn the same money.
We all do not have the same lifestyle.
We all do not have the same health concerns.
Many Bermudians cannot afford a reasonable life insurance.
A heart attack can break a family into little pieces.
Very few Bermudians have secure jobs.
Here is the crunch!
There is no such thing as AFFORDABLE HOUSING if there were would have been doing that 30 years ago.
We have a leadership with a lifestyle we cannot afford, not either for the rich or the poor.
it is not much fun being poor!
A family has a home mortgage which ends at the planned age of 65m of the principal wage earner how can the family save enough money when forced to retire by a legal law restriction with Limitations hat is imposable with inflation every 10 years
We are living a life of an imposable dream with limitation that is imposable.
People work all their live only to run into a brick wall.
Some will say the children will take over we know that will not happen and why.
m Maybe now you know why the ber- beach is not selling the is no buffer zone.