... The last 15 years have seen a large fall in the number of older workers remaining in jobs in Europe and the USA. Much of the drop has been because of early retirement. Governments have encouraged early retirement programmes as a way of creating jobs for younger workers ‐ although this has often...

...Stephen King Argues that, in spite of the good intentions of equal opportunities policies, the needs of older career women appear to be unnoticed. These women often find, on approaching retirement, that they are side‐lined into “caring” roles, usually with elderly relatives. There is often...