Redefining Retirement Years

As part of the Commission’s Redefining Retirement Years initiative and in keeping with its mandate to assess emerging issues affecting Connecticut’s present and future generations of older adults, the Commission on Aging in collaboration with the CT Department of Labor and the CT Employment and Training Commission convened a series of nine focus groups to investigate the changing demographic structure of the state’s workforce. 

The 55 participants in the September 2006 focus groups included employees and retirees of private for-profit and non-profit businesses and active and retired employees of the state agencies.  Issues discussed included their views on employment, workplace issues, and retirement.   The report may ultimately help influence public education, guide advocacy with state policy makers and spur new initiatives that could strengthen the workforce and Connecticut’s economy. 

For more information about the Commission’s initiative, please contact the office at 860-240-5200.

• CoA Report - Redefining Retirement Years:  Productive Engagement of the Older Workforce

• Department of Labor Report:  The Effect of Mass Layoffs on Earnings of Connecticut's Older Workers

• Department of Labor Report:A Look at Connecticut's Older Workers