Self-employeed put in more hours to gain 'equal pension' - PPI

Furthermore, they also have to ensure they have more private savings stored away. According to the PPI’s latest briefing note, entitled Pensions and the self-employed , people who were previously self-employed before retirement do have the same total income in retirement compared with those who have been employed all their lives. However, the PPI suggests this is because self-employed people work more hours per week than employees - with an average working week being 42 hours compared with 34 hours by employed people - as well as retiring around two years later than their employed cou...