11.   Was it not uneconomic to employ older workers whose apparent competence simply masked inevitably growing incapacity?

12.   We should avoid negative stereotypes regarding the performance of older workers.

13.   Where training programmes are geared to the needs of older workers it has been demonstrated that they can successfully acquire new skills.

14.   OLDER workers face widespread and increasing discrimination in European Community countries, a report said today.

15.   Among the few concrete proposals to promote jobs are expanding training programs and increasing incentives for older workers to retire early.

16.   Among them are the older workers you see in fast-food outlets or in grocery stores, handing out samples.

17.   And for many older workers, medical benefits are as much an issue in retirement planning as is a pension.

18.   And as older workers assert their value, some corporations are moving to accommodate their needs.

19.   And companies that stay in business, experts fear, may choose to dump older workers for younger ones, so as to avoid big payments later.

20.   And some older workers may not have the skills in the newer programming languages that are in such great demand.