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A recent BBC documentary, "The Town That Never Retired", sought to show the effects of increasing the state pension age by putti
A recent BBC documentary, "The Town That Never Retired", sought to show the effects of increasing the state pension age by putti
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2017-03-01
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A recent BBC documentary, "The Town That Never Retired", sought to show the effects of increasing the state pension age by putting retirees back to work. Although the results were entertaining, they need not have bothered. Away from the cameras, unprecedented numbers of older people are staying in work in Britain. Since the start of the recession that began in 2008, the number of 16-to 24-year-olds in work has fallen by 597 ,000. Over the same period the number of workers over the age of 65 has increased by 240,000.
The greying of the British workforce dates back to around 2001, since when the proportion of older people working has nearly doubled. But it has accelerated since the start of the recession. There are several reasons why. Happily, people are living longer and healthier lives, which makes staying in work less daunting (令人却步的) than it was. Less happily, low interest rates, a stagnant stock market and the end of many defined-benefit pension schemes make it a financial necessity. And changing attitudes, spurred by rules against age discrimination, are making it easier than ever.
Most older workers are simply hanging on at the office: 63% of workers over state pension age have been with their employer for more than ten years. Over two-thirds of them work part-time, mostly doing jobs that they once performed full-time. A big advantage is that they do not pay national insurance contributions—effectively a second income tax on younger workers.
According to Stephen McNair, director of the Centre for Research into the Older Workforce, this flexibility explains why older workers have not suffered so much in the recession. Instead of slashing the workforce, as in previous recessions, many firms have stopped recruitment and cut working hours. At small businesses in particular, keeping on older workers is cheaper and less risky than training replacements. Over half of workers over state pension age work for businesses with fewer than 25 employees.
Christopher Nieper, who owns David Nieper, a women’s wear manufacturer based in Derbyshire, prizes his semi-retired workers, who can be employed at short notice and do not need to work full-time to survive. Retired machinists can fill in if there is a surge in orders; former sales advisers can work as part-time consultants. As his competitors have moved production abroad, depleting the pool of trained labour, retaining older workers and their skills has become even more important.
There is scope for the older workforce to expand. Workers over the age of 50 who are made unemployed find it harder to pick up new jobs, which could mean that more older people want to work than are able to. That would be good. The Office for Budget Responsibility reported on July 12th that an ageing, unproductive population is the biggest long-term threat to Britain’s economic health.
According to Paragraph Three, which of the following is true about the older workers?
选项
A、Older workers do not pay national insurance contributions.
B、Over two-thirds of older workers work part-time.
C、Older workers rarely challenge themselves by seeking new jobs.
D、63% of workers over the state pension age continue to work.
答案
D
解析
本题是个细节题。根据题干锁定文章第三段。文中指出超过国家退休金年龄的工作者们,63%的人已工作了10年以上,即超过国家退休金年龄的工作者们,63%的人继续工作,所以正确答案为选项D。
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