A lot of people are retiring and taking Social Security at 62, even though the benefit is 25% less than they would have at full retirement age. They simply can’t afford to wait. No job and their savings are depleted. Those people then “drop out” of the unemployment rolls and are no longer counted.
They’ll really feel the pain as they get older and try to pay medical bills, etc on their reduced income.
Actually, forcing early retirements through onerous government regulations may be part of a plan to lower Social Security payments to try to save the system and have more money to give to those who have not earned it.