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The best practices embedded in these editable templates help reduce age bias, but also are likely to reduce other forms of bias.

These exercises, which you can do alone or with your team, help you recognize and prevent age bias in the hiring process.

The impact of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 to what counts as creditable Part D coverage in commercial health plans

Use this worksheet to ensure that your employees of all ages feel supported in their upskilling efforts.

Human Resources teams can use this resource to reduce stress and make good decisions regarding Medicare enrollment.

Facilitate the Age Inclusive Hiring workshop for your talent acquisition team using this slide deck.

Facilitate the Leading Mixed Age Teams workshop for your employees using this slide deck.

Use this slide deck to prepare to discuss recent age inclusion efforts and to facilitate conversation with the leadership team.

Use this worksheet with your team to explore how age inclusion efforts can help your organization live more fully to its values.

Use this worksheet to help guide discussion about how a multigenerational workforce affects your employees' experiences.

Use this worksheet to create a high-level view of where age inclusion is already integrated and where opportunities remain.

After hosting the Age Inclusive Hiring workshop, be sure to follow up with participants after the workshop using this draft email

Incorporate age as another element of your current diversity metrics, and ensure it becomes part of your regular reporting.

Use this worksheet to assess where you can integrate age inclusion in your benefits offerings, HR policies, and communications.

Creating benefits tip sheets for specific “life moments” can be a welcome way to integrate age-inclusive practices into benefits.

Use this report template to digest benefits utilization and satisfaction data through the lens of age.

Use this worksheet to map opportunities to add age inclusion as a topic in your Learning and Development programs and content. 

Use this worksheet to assess your workforce management practices to ensure they meet the needs of employees of all ages.

Use this worksheet to help you analyze your employee engagement survey reports through the lens of age.

Use this worksheet to identify how your efforts to build an mixed age team can contribute to achieving your own performance goals.

Use this worksheet to reflect with your team about what you've learned from your recent age inclusion efforts.

Take a moment to be curious about who did or did not participate in your recent age inclusion efforts-- and why.

Caregiving in one form or another affects the majority of the workforce. Boost your hiring success by showing benefits and support

Candidates seek assurance they can thrive professionally while caregiving. Explore actions to improve recruitment success.

Use this Design Our Plan slide deck to prepare for your discussion, and to facilitate conversation with your team.

To align senior leaders, use this slide deck to prepare for your discussion and to facilitate conversation.

Many managers lead teams of people both older and younger than they are. This guide supports them with activities and practices

Use this worksheet to assess where you can integrate age inclusion in your talent acquisition policies, processes and tools.

Use this draft email to follow-up with leaders who joined your discussion of learnings from recent age inclusion efforts.

Use this draft email to request time with senior leaders to provide a progress update and secure buy-in for follow-up initiatives.

Update the leaders who approved hosting the Caregiving Program Series, using this draft email to highlight wins and learnings.

Follow up with participants after a Caregiver Program Series workshop using this draft email.

If you need to secure approval or gather support to host a caregiver workshop, use this draft email to start the conversation.

Use this email to follow up with those who helped you gain approval and support to host the Leading Mixed Age Teams workshop.

Use this email to follow up with all participants after the conclusion of the Leading Mixed Age Teams workshop.

Use these marketing assets in your outreach to invite people managers to join the Leading Mixed Aged Teams workshop.

Use this email to secure buy-in from your leadership team to host the Leading Mixed Age Teams workshop.

Update the leaders who approved the workshop using this draft email to highlight wins and learnings from the completed workshop.

Once your talent acquisition team members are prepared to facilitate the workshop, use this to invite hiring managers to join.

Use this draft proposal to secure approval to offer the Age Inclusive Hiring workshop in your organization.

At the end of the Design Our Plan workshop, your plan can be distilled into this overview.

Secure 60 minutes on the agenda of an upcoming Human Resources meeting to design your action plan. You can use this draft email.

To align leaders and secure support, use this draft email to secure 30 minutes on the agenda of a leadership team meeting.

As a small business owner, supporting employee upskilling can be daunting and costly. This tipsheet offers practical help.

This Harvard Business Review article proposes what you can focus on instead of "purpose" and why.

At the conclusion of your workshop, please invite employees who joined the workshop to complete this brief participant survey.

After you have hosted a workshop, help AARP improve the workshop resources by completing this short survey.

This tipsheet provides your employees with a basic overview of what to consider when deciding when to claim Social Security.

The AARP Employer Pledge is a nationwide group of employers who stand with AARP in affirming the value of experienced workers.

Older workers are a great source of talent for social impact organizations. This tipsheet offers strategies for recruiting them.

For the 50th anniversary of the Age Discrimination Act, AARP surveyed workers 45+ on their experiences with age bias.

Building age into diversity and inclusion takes understanding age from multiple angles. This tool provides a nuanced framework.

Help your employees understand the benefits of saving for retirement with 401Ks.

This tipsheet provides a high-level overview of how Social Security benefits are taxed.

Use this guide to support family caregivers at work and help employers identify best practices and improve workplace support.

Learn how members from multiple generations perceive hybrid work, which may differ from how it actually impacts them.

Many employers hire 50+ workers for their valuable experience. Use this guide to win leadership buy-in to recruit and retain them.

For the 50th anniversary of the Age Discrimination Act, AARP surveyed workers 45+ on their experiences with age bias.

Use this assessment to review recruiting by career stage and identify gaps in your internal and external sourcing strategies.

AARP worked with Disability:IN to develop this overview of how employers can holistically support employees with disabilities.

Small businesses can benefit from this tipsheet offering tailored guidance on developing a mentorship program on a modest scale.

Use this tip sheet to navigate Health Savings Accounts for your employees who use Medicare.

This tip sheet helps HR leaders and employees enrolled in Medicare to navigate federal employee health benefits and rules.

HR leaders and employees can use this tip sheet to navigate COBRA for those who use Medicare.

Evaluate your age diversity efforts by giving this survey to employees. Use it as a starting point for meaningful discussions.

This tipsheet helps small businesses implement financial wellness initiatives without having to break the bank.

Explore flexible work, benefits, and integrating caregiver needs into corporate planning and communications efforts.

Learn about the business case for family caregiver policies

This AARP report is widely cited for caregiving data. Find key insights in the Impact of Caregiving on Work section.

Boost your career and income by learning new skills. These steps can help you.

Whether you want to bring age-related topics into existing ERGs or start an age-focused ERG, this toolkit is packed with ideas.

HR leaders and employees can use this tip sheet to navigate open enrollment those who use Medicare.

This action guide is packed with readings, videos and worksheets your team can use to build successful multigenerational teams.

Enrolling in Medicare or filing for Social Security for the first time? Our free, watch anytime webinars could help.

Here are six areas to consider when incorporating age as an element of diversity and inclusion.

Analyzing employee survey data by age groups may uncover insights to refine your age inclusion efforts.

This checklist provides a quick overview of actions organizations can take to become more age-inclusive.

Want to build mixed-age teams but need leadership buy-in? Download AARP's Business Case slides to build your proof points.

Skills-based hiring may broaden the candidate pool in a tight labor market. See how employers view experienced workers.

Small businesses can use this tipsheet for guidance on recruiting a multigenerational workforce with limited teams and budgets.

This report examines describes what “promising practices” look like within a range of employer organizations nationwide.

Use this guide to shape policies and procedures that focus on supporting military and veteran employees.

Studies show employees leave managers, not companies. This training helps leaders learn how to manage caregiver-supportive teams.

Use these five steps to staying informed and effective as a long-distance caregiver and tips for putting the measures in place.

These guides are designed to help you develop and implement a caregiving team and plan for a loved one or friend.

This guide helps caregivers manage caregiving finances, create budgets, and plan to protect their own financial well-being.

This tip sheet helps HR leaders and employees who need to decide when to enroll in Medicare.

From sourcing to onboarding, use this guide for an age-inclusive hiring process with customizable templates and team activities.