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The Conference Board reports that nearly half of the respondents to its recent survey stated that "more flexibility in working hours would prevent them from retiring." (p.22).

Parkinson, D. (2002).  Voices of experience: Mature workers in the future workforce. New York, NY: The Conference Board.

 


"Anticipating the impact of demographic trends on businesses, The Conference Board has been engaged in research examining the aging population, health care for retired employees, and the opportunities and constraints of employing older workers.  The Board convened the Engaging Mature Workers Working Group in September 2000 to address the challenge of maintaining a productive workforce in an aging society.  HR executives representing corporate staffing, benefits administration, and diversity management functions at 15 leading companies are lending their expertise to developing business strategies that maximize the talents of mature workers...the working group developed the Life Planning Survey to explore the retirement intentions and perspectives of employees aged 50 and above at eight working group member companies...the core analysis of 1,645 applicable survey responses, the study includes quotes from over 80 "voices".

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