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Work, More Work and Retirement: Older Workers' Perspectives

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 September 2006

Wendy Loretto  and
Phil White
Wendy Loretto
Affiliation:
Management School and Economics, University of Edinburgh E-mail: w.loretto@ed.ac.uk, p.j.white@ed.ac.uk
Phil White
Affiliation:
Management School and Economics, University of Edinburgh E-mail: w.loretto@ed.ac.uk, p.j.white@ed.ac.uk
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Abstract

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This article reports the findings from a qualitative study in Scotland, UK, which explored, in some depth, older employees' preferences and expectations regarding work and retirement. Many expected to continue working, but various barriers frustrated those expectations, especially over-rigidity in employers' approaches. The research highlighted the diversity of factors that played a part, including gender, size of employing organisation, and health. The potentially minimal impact of the forthcoming Employment Equality (Age) Regulations is explored, and a holistic approach to the employment of workers – whether younger or older – is urged.

Type
Themed Section on What do Older Workers Want?
Information
Social Policy and Society , Volume 5 , Issue 4 , October 2006 , pp. 495 - 506
Copyright
Cambridge University Press 2006