– Important main findings in the survey are that only 1 in 10 employees envisages that they will stay in work beyond the age of 67, and that only 14 per cent of employers agree completely that it is an advantage for people to work beyond the age of 67, says director for analysis, strategy and working life Morten Gjelstad at KLP.
The survey also shows that 86 per cent of those who have retired are satisfied with the choice.
5,700 employers, employees and pensioners were asked.
Will leave before
In the pension settlement, the Storting majority has decided that the general age limit for government employees will be increased from 70 to 72 years, and it is planned that people will stay in working life longer in order to cover Norway’s great need for labour.
But the recent survey shows that very few employees plan to work that long.
About 40 percent answer that they envision retiring sometime between the ages of 62 and 64.
Around 25 per cent envisage retiring in the year they turn 67, and around 23 per cent will retire at 64-65.
Trond-Viggo Torgersen: – Have to think about the possibilities
Pensioner Trond-Viggo Torgersen (72) discussed the topic during an event organized by KLP during Arendal Week on Tuesday. He believes that many older people can and will work more. But perhaps with some reduction in work and changes in tasks.
– Each of us must be able to think about the work opportunities that arise when you have more free time, and if you are still in good health. It is quite a long time for us to be old eventually, he said, pointing out that life expectancy is constantly increasing.
Torgersen, who is an artist, humorist, writer, presenter, former children’s advocate and doctor, believes that it can quickly become boring to have the whole year off.
– The opportunities are there. There are high and low seasons where the elderly can fill in. Weekend jobs are much easier when you are older. It doesn’t matter whether you drink on Monday or Tuesday, he said to laughter from the audience.
– Considerable potential in part-time
In the survey by KLP, it is actually only one in five employees who completely refuse to work part-time after they have started to draw a pension. Just under half are unsure.
– It thus appears that there is considerable potential in getting more older workers to work part-time instead of retiring, KLP writes in the report.
Torgersen believes this could be the way to go for many.
– You can be a substitute. You can be on-call much easier, and you can be someone who just works a little and takes the peaks, he says.
– I think you should think more about aging, such as maternity leave, carer’s leave, sick leave and so on, that you can step down, and then you can also step back up, he says.
Raised the younger ones in NRK
He himself has good experience from his time as a senior in working life.
He believes the elderly as a group are reliable, loyal and often more flexible than prejudices would have it.
– In the last part of my life at NRK, I worked with a lot of young people, and they really appreciated the fact that I created a kind of continuity in it and raised them to be loyal and hardworking and deliver, he says.
Statistics from Nav show that if everyone in Norway worked an extra year on average, the socio-economic gain from this would be worth around NOK 40 billion a year.
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2024-08-13 13:53:33
