Why are opt-out rates much higher among older workers?

Michael Klimes
clock • 4 min read

Older workers are more likely to opt out of a workplace pension than their younger counterparts. Michael Klimes explores why and how it could be fixed.

Since the introduction of auto-enrolment (AE) there has been a curious phenomenon: opt-out rates for workers appear to increase with age. Back in January the Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) publish...

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