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Older worker loves job in youth-dominated fast food industry

Jan Lawlor, 64, is not your typical fast-food worker.

Published: 2 May 2025
  • national
  • 2 May 2025
  • ABC News

Some women in their 60s are looking to settle down into retirement, while others have re-joined or remained in the workforce for financial reasons during a cost-of-living crisis.

But Ms Lawlor said she was in a fortunate position to be working at her local McDonald's simply because she loves it, and was not ready to give it up just yet.