Why it's healthier for your employees NOT to retire

Workers who continue to work past age 65 can lengthen their lives, according to research.

Retiring too soon could send you to the grave earlier, with a study showing those who worked past 65 had an 11% lower risk of death from all causes.

Even those who were classified as unhealthy and worked another year longer, had a nine per cent lower mortality risk, according to the study led by Oregon State University - The Daily Mail reports.

Chenkai Wu, the main author of the study and PhD student at Oregon State University commented on the results: “It may not apply to everybody, but we think work brings people a lot of economic and social benefits that could impact the length of their lives.