“Dismaying”, “it leaves doubts”, “a flat catalog” … The unions were quick to express their disappointment this Tuesday evening, after having received in their mailboxes the summary document from the Ministry of Labor produced at the end of the first cycle of consultations on pensions.
A five-page text supposed to contain the government's arbitrations on the employment of seniors and professional wear and tear.
“It does not predestine anything.
There is no indication that could put us on the track of what the government is ready to let go, "reacts Yvan Ricordeau to the CFDT, while the union has listed hardship and the end of careers among its priorities. .
And the chief negotiator of pensions to add, surprised: “moreover, the cycle is not even finished”.
A disappointment and barely muffled criticisms which find their source in a long row of great declarations of principle spread throughout a text without surprise.
"Proposals ranging from activity-retirement transitions to training for seniors, including support for senior job seekers, hiring incentives, prevention of professional burnout and the fight against stereotypes and age discrimination”.
So many themes, "which have found a generally favorable echo among the various social partners, also forces of proposal to meet the challenge of full employment for seniors", we read again.
Unions doubt the usefulness of consultations
Along the lines, the government says it confirms its desire to change the mechanisms linked to the transition from activity to retirement.
How ?
Mystery.
Regarding phased retirement, it is a question of promoting it so that it is “better known and more easily mobilized” .
The combination of employment and retirement?
“It must make it possible to improve the level of retirement from the contributions paid”, writes the Ministry of Labor without specifying how.
Incentives for the return to activity of senior job seekers?
Nothing specific.
As for the arduousness account, "first tracks have been shared in this direction and their operationality must be further educated" indicates this document, which maintains a certain vagueness.
Finally, on the long career device, totem of the CFDT, “the principle of granting a retirement benefit to people who started working early and reached the insurance period before the legal age is shared”, we learn.
“However, for some organisations, the system is not suited to this objective and should therefore evolve and be better targeted if necessary”, continue the authors of this text without giving any guidance.
What make doubt the unions now skeptical about the usefulness of these consultations.
“Either at the ministry they have their heads under water, or it is strategic and they play the clock with us”, exclaims without deciding Yvan Ricordeau, the CFDT negotiator.