According to human resources directors (HRD), age is one of the first criteria of discrimination in companies… Hence the track on which the executive currently works. In the same way that there is an index of professional equality between women and men, the government is considering creating an index for older people.
Companies could be scored, for example, on their rate of hiring people over 45, their rate of training, or their use of various progressive retirement plans. In order to deter bad practices, companies with the lowest ratings would be sanctioned. Ways that could be discussed with the social partners.
One of the lowest employment rates in the euro zone
The employability of older people is more than ever an important issue at a time when the government is preparing to launch pension reform. Because if raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 years could theoretically mean around 10,000 million euros a year, this estimate does not take into account the “cost of inactivity for the elderly”.
France is one of the countries in the euro zone where the employment rate of the elderly is lowest: only 54% of people aged 55 to 64 are employed. RSA, unemployment benefits… These social benefits could almost halve the expected savings if nothing is done to improve the employment of the elderly.
Source: BFM TV
