There's a surge in older workers — numbers indicate that just inFlorida, statewide in 2013 there were 233,000 women 65 years andover who were working; in 2017, that jumped to 316,000 — many areretirees who didn't expect to have to come back to work. Enterageism. (Photo: Shutterstock)
It's getting tougher for older workers, with many finding thatthey can't retire—or retire as fully—as they might want to, thanksto inadequate retirement savings, lack of pensions or high levelsof debt thanks to medical bills, student loans or other financialobligations.
According to a report in Next Avenue, age discrimination byemployers is common both for jobseekers and workers trying to stayin the workplace. And an AARP survey finds that, among people age45 and older working full- or part-time or looking for work, “morethan nine in 10 older workers see age discrimination ascommon.”
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Marlene Satter
Marlene Y. Satter has worked in and written about the financial industry for decades.
