Despite the “unfavorable” opinion of the Minister of Labor Olivier Dussopt, the amendment was adopted by 202 votes against 123 in the Senate on Monday.
By VD with AFP
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Ihe Senate dominated by the right voted on Monday, against the advice of the government and despite the opposition of the left, the creation of a new type of indefinite term contract at the end of their career to promote the recruitment of employees aged at least 60 years old. The senators adopted by 202 votes against 123 an amendment to this effect brought by the rapporteurs LR René-Paul Savary and Élisabeth Doineau (centrist) to the pension reform project, the main measure of which raises the retirement age from 62 to 64. departure.
With this new “CDI seniors”, the employer would be exempt from family contributions. He could put an end to the contract by retiring the employee who meets the conditions to benefit from a full pension. He would therefore not be required to keep it until he is 70, which today represents “a brake on the hiring of seniors”, according to the rapporteurs.
“Current employment tools for seniors are not enough,” said René-Paul Savary. France is below the European average for employment of 55-64 year olds (56% against 60.5%). The rapporteur specified that the amendment had been drawn up “on the proposal of a number of social partners”, who would be responsible for defining the terms of application, branch by branch.
The opposing government
The Minister of Labor Olivier Dussopt gave an “unfavorable” opinion to this new CDI. He particularly questioned his “targeting”. “I fear a windfall effect that leads our family branch into the red,” said Minister of Public Accounts Gabriel Attal. “100,000 CDIs” are signed each year for employees over 60, he explained. If all were signed with the new contract, the cost is estimated at “800 million euros for the family branch”. And could even reach up to “2.2 billion euros” in the event of a windfall effect.READ ALSOPensions: the reform of special schemes even divides specialists
The leader of the senators Les Républicains Bruno Retailleau “formally challenged” the cost advanced by the government, stressing that this amendment “reveals one of the greatest challenges of this reform”. “What would be the point of raising the legal retirement age if nothing is done about the employment of seniors? he questioned.
“We do not understand why we are always obliged to give gifts to companies so that they recruit people”, declared Monique Lubin (PS). On the night of Sunday to Monday, the Senate had approved the creation proposed by the government of a “senior index” in companies, on the place of the oldest, but only for those with more than 300 employees.