One quarter of older workers leave employment due to ill-health: ONS

This year, there were 3.5 million people aged 50-64 who were economically inactive in the UK, although around 460,000 of individuals in this age group were still willing to or would like to work. Of the 3.5 million inactive individuals in this age group, 42.3% cited "sick or disabled" as the main reason for not looking for work. For economically inactive older workers who were willing to or would like to work, over half (62%) cited being sick, injured or disabled (62%) as why they were not looking for work, while 14% were "looking after home or family" and (24%) cited "other". Addi...