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Older workforce will present new health challenges for employers
Occupational health professionals have warned that employers could face challenges in managing the needs of the more than 50% of workers who either do not expect to retire or are unsure when they can afford to do so.
An online poll among 1,478 UK workers undertaken by ICM Research on behalf of Baring Asset Management revealed that one in ten employees, the equivalent of 3.5 million people, believe they cannot afford to stop working – ever – while 42% were unable to say when they could realistically do so.
The figures contrast sharply with attitudes expressed only two years ago, when 100% of workers said they expected to retire and only 1% did not know at what age this was likely to be possible.
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September 1, 2010
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