The Medef welcomed on Tuesday “the pragmatic and responsible decisions” taken by the government to reform the pension system, although it remained “opposed to the principle of a senior index” that will force companies to publish the part of their older employees. “Guaranteeing the future of this pillar of the country’s social model, while maintaining the purchasing power of active and retirees, necessarily leads to working longer,” said the first French employers in a press release.
On Twitter, its president, Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux, assured that “reforming pensions was essential to guarantee balance in 2030.”
Medef prefers an index based on “controllable indicators”
“Companies will play their part and are ready to mobilize for the employment of older people,” promises Medef, which “remains, however, opposed to the principle of an index of older people.” “An index will be created on the place of employees at the end of their career. This index will be simple. It will be public. It will make it possible to promote good practices and denounce bad ones,” announced Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne on Tuesday, presenting the reform of pensions.
This index should be implemented this year in companies with more than 1,000 employees and in 2024 in those with more than 300 employees. For Medef, this index must be “constructed from indicators that can be controlled by companies (rate of access to training, number of mid-career medical visits, etc.) whose terms would be negotiated by branch or by company “.
As for professional burnout, the employers describe the reform project as “balanced.” Raising the minimum pension is for Medef “a fair measure that rewards work”, but that “must be calibrated to maintain the gap between income from work and retirement benefits.”
A reform welcomed by the CPME and the UP but criticized by the unions
The Confederation of Small and Medium Enterprises (CPME) considered that “working longer was a necessity” and called on “unions, which have all the legitimacy to make their voices heard, not to block the country by penalizing companies.” The Union of Local Entrepreneurs (U2P), which represents artisans and liberal professions, announced its “adherence” to the “responsibility” measures, noting that the postponement of the age of majority to 64 years allowed “discarding” the increase contributions and reduction in pensions. “The project presented largely meets the expectations of artisans, local merchants and liberal professionals”, according to Dominique Métayer, president of U2P.
“Particularly in our sectors, we find employees angry about these measures,” said Olivier Guivarch, secretary of the CFDT services federation, while in supermarkets, hotels or restaurants, for example, many employees “practice difficult jobs but whose hardness is not maintained “. . “There is a place for older people in the world of work, but you have to take into account the wear and tear on their bodies,” he added.
Source: BFM TV
