The National Safety Council reports that employee age demographics have shifted as the U.S. population is growing older. Since 2011, the proportion of employees aged 55 and older has increased, while employees in the 35-54 age range have decreased. (Credit: iQoncept/Shutterstock.com) The National Safety Council reports that employee age demographics have shifted as the U.S. population is growing older. Since 2011, the proportion of employees aged 55 and older has increased, while employees in the 35-54 age range have decreased. (Credit: iQoncept/Shutterstock.com)

Over the past 40 years, a shift in employee age, race, gender and other factors has begun to transform workplaces on a global level. The population across the world is growing older, with the World Health Organization estimating that by the year 2050, the population of those aged 60 years and older will top two billion, compared to 900 million of the same age in 2015.

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