Older workers want to retire later; companies fear they will soon be short of skills. Why can't the two get together? Last month the first baby-boomers turned 60. The bulky generation born between 1946 and 1964 is heading towards retirement The looming "demographic cliff" will see vast numbers of skilled workers dispatched from the labour force. In a forthcoming book ("Workforce Crisis" by Ken Dychtwald, Tamara Erickson and Robert Morison) the authors paint a gloomy picture of a shortage of skills and a cut in the supply of labour that are "already threatening the performance of many corporations".
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