What is Workplace 2012?

Mercer’s Workplace 2012 is a series of research, industry forums, analysis and leading thinking about tomorrow’s business trends and their impact on your business today.

Throughout the year Mercer will draw together key business issues in the context of the workplace four years from now and examine their implications for business.

We hope to stimulate your thinking by providing insights from both industry peers and thinkers and facilitate discussion amongst a wide range of business and thought leaders – all of whom have real and vital experience offering opinions on the issues at hand.

Workplace 2012 will be particularly useful for Executives responsible for setting their organisation's strategic agenda. Bookmark this page or register your interest below to keep up–to–date with the workplace of the future.

Workplace 2012 research and report

Mercer recently commissioned research profiling the workplace in 2012 which includes forecasts of workforce participation, employment and GDP in 2012 by industry, age and gender.

The report addresses the impact of trends like the ageing workforce, interest rate increases, legislative changes and skills shortages and features Mercer's commentary and analysis of what these trends mean for employers.

If you would like to receive a copy of the report please register your interest below.

Workplace 2012: Making headlines

The launch of Mercer’s Workplace 2012 research, on March 6 2008, generated extensive media interest including:

• March 6 – The Australian newspaper ran the story with the headline ‘Older workers to close skills gap’.

• March 6 - Courier Mail ran the story ‘Older workers seen as saviours of business – Age won’t weary the workforce’.

• March 7 - The Australian Financial Review reported that “Companies are finding that the way to survive and grow is to keep or lure back older workers” under the headline ‘Employers recruit grey army’.

• March 8 - The Sydney Morning Herald warned “Employers ignore value of older workers at their peril”.

• March 8 - The Hobart Mercury reported on Mercer’s research with the headline ‘Older women hold the answer: study’.

• March 18 - HR industry magazine, Human Resources, reported that “Workers aged 55 and over, particularly women, appear to be the answer to the ongoing skills and labour shortage – not generation Y – and Australian employers must consequently shift their focus from young to old to maintain productivity.”

• March 15 the story gained interest in New Zealand’s Weekend Press with the headline ‘Employers recruit the grey army’.

• April 6 - NSW’s Sunday Telegraph printed ‘The boomers can’t call it quits now’ reporting that according to Mercer “Australia’s workforce is about to undergo fundamental structural change and now is the time to act.”

• May 15 – BRW’s cover story ‘Hunting for new staff – how to find younger workers and keep older ones’ quotes Mercer’s Workplace 2012 report, reminding employers: “Your greatest competition to retain 55-plus employees [is] the promise of a new lifestyle”.

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