we have previously looked at this and looking throught the work we produced in 2007 we came across this;

Employers’ national insurance contribution rates are higher for workers over state pension age than for workers under state pension age under contracted-out pension schemes, this means that departments that hire older workers will face higher costs than they would have had these jobs been filled by younger staff.

The person who led this research has now left and no-one knows where thia came from and if the information is true, can anyone explain why NI increases over state pension age?

Thanks in advance!