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The Guardian view on ‘unretirement’: older workers could help with labour shortages
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 22 Aug 2023
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This is part of every tight labor market, the marginally attached come back in when the employer is willing to pay up.
Imagine someone retired for 6 months and then a big project comes up at their old employer...they might go back, but it better be for 30% more or something.
That's exactly what my grandfather did, although it was quite a bit more than 30%.
Bit of a special case though, he legitimately really enjoyed his job and worked it so he only went into the office 3 days a week