The number of workers aged 65 and over in the UK has increased significantly, with more than one in nine workers now working past their 65th birthday. Many of these workers are self-employed, part-time, and some are on zero-hours contracts. This trend is partly due to the increase in the size of the population aged 65-plus.
Photograph: Olga Rolenko/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Olga Rolenko/Getty ImagesCongratulations! So you’ll be slipping into a pair of slippers, opening a packet of Rich Teas and settling down in front of Homes Under the Hammer, I’ll bet?Getir, actually.We’ll come to the why later, but first, some numbers. There are now 1.43 million workers aged 65 and over in the UK, up from 457,000 at the beginning of the century.
TheIt’s positive, right? I mean, I’m a big fan of biscuits, and of Homes Under the Hammer, but this is good for you, good for the economy –If that’s what you want. “Workers with up to 50 years of workplace experience have an incredible wealth of knowledge to share and which will be to the benefit of employers, co-workers and customers,” says Dr Karen Hancock, a research and policy officer at the Centre for Ageing Better.You sense right.
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