Pensions: start of work for the funding conference

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Installed at the end of January by Prime Minister Édouard Philippe, the financing conference responsible for bringing the pension system back to balance by 2027 begins its work on Tuesday. The social partners must work on the means of reducing the deficit of the current system in the short term and on the management of the future universal point system. The eagerly awaited subject is that of arduousness. But there, nobody agrees.

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Prevention is better than cure. Hence the idea put forward by the government for a massive prevention plan of 100 million euros. A measure that should allow, after several years of a trying job, to retrain and end his career in a less exposed job.

Good, but insufficient for unions which still demand compensation on the amount of pension or on the age of retirement. The CFDT, like the other unions, had to accept that the number of criteria defining arduousness was reduced and that discussions took place at the branch level. But ask for a safety net, an agreement that would apply, even if these branches don't agree.

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In the end, employers and unions pass the buck. Medef does not want companies to be put to too much contribution. The unions fear that if the talks fail, some workers suffering from harsh working conditions will be forced to work longer than expected.

It seems to us that the main question concerns the contribution of public employers ...

Frédéric Sève, in charge of retirement pensions at the CFDT.

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