Spike in retirements driving worker shortages in health care, education

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Spike in retirements driving worker shortages in health care, education
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A surprising number of workers younger than 65 are retiring early. Find out more.

Senior economist David Macdonald said it’s highly unusual to see retirements at this level. But a closer look at some of the industries in question paints a picture of burnout, stress and ongoing pandemic difficulties leading to workers retiring earlier than they perhaps planned.

This likely means there’s a wave of highly skilled nurses leaving the profession, perhaps due to burnout after two years of the pandemic, said Macdonald. Retirement in teaching drove the trend in the year ending August; 21,000 of the 73,000 additional retirements were in education services.

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