The pattern of Medef, Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux, fears that the tool proposed by the government to promote the use of elderly workers requires “heavy constraints to businesses”.
By Thibaud Métais and Bertrand Bissuel
The employers are rather happy, but is careful not to proclaim it loud and clear. The pension reform, unveiled Tuesday, January 10, goes in the right direction, in his eyes, because the postponement of 62 to 64 years of the legal aging will improve the accounts of the social protection system, while stimulating , in the long term, economic growth. Employer organizations, however, emit some criticism and downside, in particular on the use of seniors who could, according to some of them, become a potential source of difficulties.
“The decisions taken are essential and generally satisfactory,” says Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux. The number one of MEDEF stresses that the increase in the age of opening rights to a pension, coupled with an acceleration of the lengthening of the contribution duration, will contribute to the return “to the financial equilibrium of our distribution system , even if it may be necessary to put the work on the job after 2030 “.
positive appreciation
Vice-president of the Confederation of Small and Medium Enterprises (CPME), Eric Chevée thinks that it would have been “preferable” to push the cursor up to 65 years, but his overall appreciation remains very positive. According to him, the executive project contains “equity” devices: “it was important to us, especially on professional wear”, he says, referring to “the effort of ‘Massive investment “which is scheduled in this area: 1 billion euros should be released over five years, in order to carry out actions to limit, as much as possible, the exposure of employees to” ergonomic risks “(port of charges heavy, painful postures, etc.).
m. Chevée also delights in the revaluation of the minimum pension up to 85 % of the net minimum wage (or nearly 1,200 euros), for people who have completed a full career by gaining the equivalent of the minimum wage. Such a measure is favorable – among others – to traders and craftsmen, who are many to join the CPME.
In general, the announcements “respond to the requests that we had made”, continues Pierre Burban. The Secretary General of the Union of Local Companies (U2P) welcomes the “maintenance and improvement” of the long career system, which offers the possibility of retiring long before the legal age for those who started to Work before 20 years – the rules being more generous for people who entered the labor market before being major. Another arbitration of which U2P welcomes: the reduction of the independent contributions base, which brings them closer to employees.
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