Grandstand. The announcement by the candidate president of a decline in the legal retirement age to 65 by 2030 attests to a double denial of reality. In France, a third of people aged 35 to 55 believe they cannot perform the same activity until the age of 60, according to studies by Dares (Ministry of Labour) on working conditions. On a European scale, if 75% of office workers and managers believe that they will be able to carry out the same activity until the age of 60, the proportion drops to less than 60% for the blue-collar and white-collar categories. low-skilled, especially in services (sixth Eurofound working conditions survey).
France is here at the back of the pack, with Poland, Slovenia or Turkey. Less than 50% of French people aged 56 or over even believe they can work five more years, compared to more than 80% in countries like Sweden or the Netherlands.. It is difficult to distinguish between employees’ perception of the sustainability of their working conditions beyond a certain age, and their perception of their employability due to the practices of employers, who are quick to lay off seniors. The result is, in any case, an employment rate of 53.9% of 55-64 year olds in France, against an average of 60.2% within the euro zone.
If we want to see employees continue their activity beyond the age of 62, it was therefore necessary first of all to put in place a real policy to improve working conditions, but also training systems for new, more sustainable and adapt to technological change. It would therefore be long training involving… a temporary cessation of work!
The other reality ignored by Emmanuel Macron’s project is highlighted by numerous works by sociologists on the acceleration and intensification of the rhythms of life, which affect the well-being and quality of life of employees just as much. than the quality of their work. This is particularly true for 30-55 year olds, who wish, alongside their work, to be involved in civic, social, associative and leisure life. While a majority of respondents to the Eurofound survey believe that the balance between work and personal life is satisfactory, this satisfaction varies greatly over the course of life: fathers and mothers of young children of pre-school age are respectively 25% and 100% more likely than average to say this balance is not appropriate.
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