Changing demographics are set to keep older people employed despite risks highlighted by Biden
At 91, Alf Dubs has two measures guiding his decision to continue as a Labour peer in the UK’s House of Lords. The first is personal: can he make a contribution, particularly on refugee issues, an area he has some expertise on, not least because in 1939 he fled Czechoslovakia on Kindertransport to arrive in Britain.
Under more urgent plans outlined in the king’s speech last week, Labour axed hereditary peers. But Dubs wants to go further, favouring an elected second chamber. He believes age is a “very blunt instrument ... one has to be careful you don’t discriminate”. There are peers, such as Neil Kinnock and Michael Heseltine “who make important contributions”. Tenure rather than age may be a more useful guide.
Working older is a prospect for more of us as pension ages increase in tandem with life expectancy. But also, as Andrew Scott points out in his book The Longevity Imperative, “given fertility trends, firms will find themselves competing with one another for fewer younger workers and increasingly turning to older workers”.
It is reasonable for someone elected to a senior job to prove their cognitive ability and fitness for the role.
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