A woman's work is never done: twice as many still going at 65

Highest employment figures on record driven by older people who won’t – or can’t – retire

Dee Flower tried to retire last year, at the age of 68. It seemed, the former recruitment specialist said, like a good idea. “I found myself thinking, ‘I guess it’s about time to retire now.’”

Flower’s decision to reverse the move a month later is one of the reasons the British economy set a new employment record this week. The number of people employed in the UK is at its highest since records began in 1971 – 32.7 million people – and workers over the age of 50 are a key factor in the peak.

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/2HA4RpV