Around 2.6 million Americans left the workforce earlier than expected during the pandemic. Now many of them are wading back into the labor pool. Economists see several factors 'at work'.
Less new fad than market correction, the unretirement boom could unmask a more profound reality about what the pandemic’s ‘Great Resignation’ really meant for many older workers.
Ageism
According to AARP Research, the problem only got worse during the pandemic, with 78% of older workers reporting having witnessed or experienced age discrimination at work...