The Conference Board has assembled its wealth of material on how employers are handling the aging of the U.S. workforce into a database that might prove helpful in spreading "best practices" from workplace to workplace.

The new tool (free registration required) lets you search by company, sector or keywords such as flexible work options or multigenerational workplaces.

While not focused specifically on nonprofit or social sector employers, the database is a good resource for those looking for innovative practices in any sector that could help social-purpose organizations take advantage of the encore opportunity.

Paul Kleyman, the editor of Age Beat Online writes: the Locator delivers a more select list of results than a user would get using Google or Yahoo, and it includes a broader range of companies and industries than the perennial examples that are most frequently cited."