Aurélien Fleurot 8:14 a.m., September 27, 2022

While the government is considering integrating the pension reform into the Social Security financing bill, the Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, has positioned herself in favor of a reflection on the employment of seniors in France.

According to the National Association of HRDs, nearly 45% of seniors retire without being employed. 

The presentation of the Social Security financing bill began Monday in the Council of Ministers.

The government plans to integrate the pension reform into it.

If the executive has not yet decided, one thing is certain: the employment of seniors is at the heart of the majority's thinking, according to Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne.

Nearly 45% of seniors retire without being employed, reports Benoît Serre, vice-president of the National Association of HRDs at the microphone of Europe 1. "The government wants to take up this subject and it is a good news,” he continued. 

Ambitious public policies 

According to Benoît Serre, the age categorizations established in France are inconsistent: "In France, you are senior at 45, which makes absolutely no sense. We consider that the senior characteristic, even if it is not not very pretty, is placed from the age of 55 because it makes it possible to concentrate funding, aid or support for the employment of seniors from the age of 55. We know that it is from that age the problems begin," he said.

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The vice-president of the National Association of HRDs also expressed his expectations vis-à-vis public policies concerning the employment of seniors: "If there is not a parallel hyper-voluntarist plan and not only an index to guarantee the employment of seniors, so it's a fool's market," he concludes.