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Why the over 50s are leaving the workforce in huge numbers

Workplace Insight

Of course, it could simply be that workers saved more during the pandemic and can now afford to retire in comfort earlier than planned. Surprisingly, the silver exodus is not concentrated in the richest segments of society – even though one might expect that they would be the most able to retire. So what’s going on?

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You Don’t Have to Be Lucky to Work from Home

Tips From T. Marie

It offered other businesses the opportunity to take advantage of highly skilled support when they needed it, without employee overhead costs. It was a somewhat novel idea in September of 2007 when I launched. It’s no longer common for someone to hold one job with the same company until retirement. Certainly not.

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Are baby boomers suffering more than other workers?

On The Job

Many in the baby boomer generation had planned on retiring by now. percent — since the official start of the recession in December 2007. You've got people who are worried that if they live 30 years past retirement, will they be able to support themselves? million — or 9.3 Will they run out of money?" Don't self-medicate.

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Are We Becoming a Part-Time Nation?

Small Business Labs

 In 2007, a year when the economy was strong and unemployment low, a bit over 22 million Americans worked part-time. Given the impact of the Great Recession, this not a surprising shift from 2007. These tools make it easier and more cost efficient to use part-time employees. has always had a lot of part-time employment.

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Administrative Assistant Conference Executive Perspective

Office Dynamics

During Mike’s 11-year tenure as CEO, Humana has gained a reputation as the industry’s leading people-focused innovator, leveraging products, processes and technology to deliver lower costs and a superior health-plan experience for Humana’s 10 million medical plan members and 7 million specialty members nationwide.

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Work-Life Balance 2.0 and Small Business | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

The Small Business Blog

Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. Planned Maintenance – Upgrade to WinWeb.com The Cost of Borrowing Small Office Tips Finding The Best Employees For Your Small Business Do You Need Encouraging To ‘Go Green’? Shama Hyder Said on October 3rd, 2007 at 6:02 pm This is absolutely great Stefan.

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New Small Business Startup Idea: Virtual Import/Export Assistant.

The Small Business Blog

Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. Planned Maintenance – Upgrade to WinWeb.com The Cost of Borrowing Small Office Tips Finding The Best Employees For Your Small Business Do You Need Encouraging To ‘Go Green’? Other than that your setup cost should be low, if you have computer, ADSL, and telephone.

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