Offering older workers a "consultative or advisory" role could be one solution to the growing problem of the ageing workforce, it has been suggested.
Charlie Thomas, executive editor of Pensions Management, said: "Most experts believe we will enter a period where people continue to work into their 60s, but on a part-time basis, or move into less physically demanding industries."
Due to the government's proposals to abolish the default retirement age "it will become increasingly difficult for employers to get rid of more mature employees", Ms Thomas said.
A way to solve this could be for them to offered different roles, such as those in consultancy, as an alternative option, she added.
Ms Thomas' comments come as a BBC Newsnight poll revealed that almost three-quarters of people believe retirement in the way it is viewed now will not be possible in the future.
Some 70 per cent of the 1,000 people polled said it would not be feasible for people to stop work then live for up to 30 years on their pension.
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That whole sentance about it becoming increasingly difficult to get rid of them does give me the willies. I mean it's fine and dandy for folks to be kept on if they're offering a benefit to the company, but if they're kept on just because they're old and new rules say they can't be fired then that's not good whatsoever.