Great Britain: more and more pensioners work

More than half of the jobs created in 2005 (85 0000 out of 147 0000) are occupied by people who exceed the retirement age (65 for men, 60 for women). This category, which amounted to around 8 % of the working population since the middle of the 90's, suddenly increased to 10,4 % during the last quarter of last year. Today, 1.13 million people of this category work. (Ref. 06369)

Through . Published on 14 April 2006 Ă  12h22 - Update on 24 March 2013 Ă  16h49

The majority are in their 60’s, but it is not rare to see really old people, of 80 or 90 years of age, working in supermarkets.…

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