The Office for National Statistics have recently released data from June to July 2020 that shows home-workers are more likely to plan for a later retirement.
Of those workers who fall into the age category of ‘50 an over’, 11% who chose home-working during the pandemic stated they would plan for a later retirement. However only 5% of those who continued working at their usual place of work planned for a later retirement.
10.9% of workers with a long-standing illness, disability or infirmity, who chose home-working during the pandemic had plans for a later retirement, compared with 5.9% of those who continued working at their usual place of work.
