Tag Archives: Work
Why pensioners aren’t giving up work (or paying much tax)
This is an extraordinary story about what is happening to people of my age (64). We aren’t giving up and we’re looking at double bubble fiscal fun when we reach our state pension age. What Helena Kelly has got to … Continue reading
An ageing workforce finds our pensions fail us – we need to stay bread-winning
Does a “low-hire, low fire economy” mean low growth in our economy. I am not an economist, just an ordinary person who reads statement such as this and wonders whether it means frustration to our plans for growth. I thought … Continue reading
Christmas – a tougher job than we think!
I am trying to understand what makes Christmas special and I think it’s different from other times of the year as a few days when we aren’t supposed to do any work. I actually find myself guilty of wanting … Continue reading
Why are the over 50s not working so much?
Work is becoming less rewarding but more of us are getting a paycheque than ever before. People officially unemployed is falling but the number of us out of the labour market continues to rise and this is particularly amongst those … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, Employment, FCA, Guy Opperman, ONS, stats, unemployment, Work
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How would you like to get paid without ever working again?
What’s the point of ‘retail CDC’? You have to start by defining what problems you’re trying to solve. Do you mainly want to pool longevity risk or do you want to share real-return risks? If latter, but not between generations, … Continue reading
What are our older workers doing?
Last month , I wrote about the missing 600,000 over fifties who seem to have disappeared from the labour market. I was alerted to this by economist Tony Wilson and now he’s back, looking at the latest ONS Data on … Continue reading
Downing Street’s three pension interventions this century.
Intervention one – The Turner Commission. It is useful from time to time to revisit the work of Adair Turner’s Pension Commission which first reported in 2004. 18 years on the generation it considered “young” are now approaching the “normal … Continue reading
Do you work in the bullshit economy?
Stefan Stern has kindly shared an opinion piece he’s written in the Guardian, which I like very much. You can read it for free here (thanks to the Guardian’s enlightened sharing policy) Five years ago, Stella and I moved back … Continue reading
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Tagged bullshit, Economy, Guardian, Sports, Stefan Stern, Work
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Furloughing financial advice?
This blog has been furloughed
Posted in advice gap, age wage, pensions
Tagged advice, Furlough, IFA, pensions, Succession, Work
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Are you prepared for “work from home”?
Transparency in the workforce I’ve asked the question in a specific way. “Work from home” is going to become a reality for most office workers over the coming months as we struggle to contain or delay Coronavirus. It is likely … Continue reading