Letter Highlights Job Struggles Facing Older Workers Nearing Retirement
A reader writes that provision is lacking for people who find themselves out of work as they approach state pension age.
A letter published in The Guardian, written by Peter Wade, argues there should be provision for people who find themselves out of work as they approach state pension age.
Wade, who said he is in his 61st year and has not worked for more than two years, described his prior career as an advice worker specializing in debt, housing and energy issues. He recounted working with a client in her late 50s, a former hospital cleaner who expected to retire earlier but faced additional working years due to changes in women's state pension age, and who could no longer do the physical work of cleaning, according to the letter.
Sources
- It’s not just young people who need jobs | Letters — The Guardian — Business
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