Ageing and Employment Policies Vieillissement et politiques de lemploi: Germany 2005 This report part of a series covering around 20 OECD countries contains a survey of Germanys main barriers to employment for older workers an assessment of the adequacy and effectiveness of existing measures to overcome these barriers and a set of policy recommendations to further action by public authorities and social partners. These recommendations are designed to alleviate some of the pension and health care pressures governments are facing because of ageing populations.