Older women are the most punctual at work, but survey finds THREE-QUARTERS of men in their 20s and 30s cannot be trusted to turn up on time

• The survey by timekeeping software company Deputy analysed company data
• It found 99 per cent of women aged 55 to 75 started work on time every day  
• By contrast, 76 per cent of men in their 20s and 30s were late at least once
• Workers in Scotland were more prone to be late than those elsewhere in the UK 

Older women employees are the least likely to be late for work, according to a survey published yesterday.

But men in their twenties and thirties are the ones to watch for bosses worried about staff punctuality, it said.

The survey by timekeeping software company Deputy analysed data from company records on the punctuality of hourly-paid workers.

Older women employees are the least likely to be late for work, according to a survey published yesterday (stock)

It found that 99 per cent of women of the baby boomer generation – aged between 55 and 75 – started their work shifts on time on every working day between March 2018 and March this year. 

By contrast, 76 per cent of men in their twenties and thirties were late at least once.

The greater punctuality of older workers may help explain the increasing success of those beyond traditional retirement age in holding down jobs.

A massive 76 per cent of men in their twenties and thirties were late at least once to work in the past year

Overall, 52 per cent of hourly-paid workers were late at least once in the last financial year, the report said.

Workers in Scotland were more prone to be late than those elsewhere in the UK, with 69 per cent failing to arrive on time at least once over the 12-month period. 

Workers in Northern Ireland were the most punctual, with only 59 per cent late at least once.

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