Vast majority of SMEs ignore workers aged over 65

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Just 5% of UK workers aged 65 and over are employed in small to medium sized businesses (SMEs) despite the abolition of the default retirement age in 2011, CIPD research reveals.

The CIPD report, Age diversity in SMEs: reaping the benefits, looked at the views of almost 600 senior decision makers in SMEs across the UK and found that the majority of these businesses (60%) ha...

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