6/3/2013 – More firms offer workers phased retirement (The Detroit News)

There is an oft-told story about what happens when a worker at the Stanley Consultants engineering firm decides to retire.

“They say you have the retirement party one day and you come back to work the next,” said Mary Jo Finchum, spokeswoman for the Muscatine, Iowa-based company.

Stanley is among the U.S. employers that have offered workers a softer landing into retirement, allowing them to scale back hours as they prepare to take the plunge and move into part-time positions once it’s official.

Read the full article at The Detroit News.