After the unions last week, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne received Monday in Matignon employers' organizations, the Medef and the CPME, who informed her of the post-pension reform topics on which they were willing to negotiate. For the Medef, the boss of the bosses Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux said he was "ready to discuss the employment of seniors" and the provisions censured by the Constitutional Council, but not a possible revision of the work ordinances or pensions, while the unions had reiterated their opposition to the reform of these.
In general, Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux, who is about to hand over to the head of Medef, came "with a list of topics" he wants to discuss. He mentioned the possibility of discussing "phased retirement", the high salaries of senior executives "which hinder their hiring" or the degressivity of unemployment benefits.
On wages, Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux reiterated that "private companies have done the job" with an average per capita salary up 5.8% according to Urssaf, unlike the State-employer where the increase is "around 2%". But he said he was ready to talk about the problem of the low increase in net wages between one and two minimum wages, while according to some studies, "between 60% and 70% of salary increases are not found in net", due in particular to the disappearance of the activity bonus.
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'Red lines'
On the other hand, he said he "did not know what it meant" to condition public aid to companies on rising wages, as demanded by the unions. And he said he was "not ready to negotiate" a revision of the work orders, which are for him "red lines".
The president of the Medef also asked the Prime Minister that the agreement reached between employers and four unions on the sharing of value, which will be transposed into a bill presented Wednesday in the Council of Ministers, is "precedential" and that "if there is an agreement on the employment of seniors, it is taken up entirely". Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux said that he was "a little wary of the expression of social agenda. We must take the subjects that are mature" to be negotiated, "we are not obliged to open them all at the same time".
The Confederation of Small and Medium Enterprises (CPME) has for its part put back on the table its proposal to exempt from unemployment insurance contributions seniors from 57 years, "even if the company reimburses the contributions not paid if it separates from this senior before retirement," said his boss, François Asselin, to AFP.
The first two employers' organisations also intend to limit the possibility of opening a time savings account in all companies to the days saved just before retirement, and not throughout working life. "I felt someone listening", eager "to find the subjects likely to be negotiated between social partners" and to "turn the page" of pensions, said François Asselin about Elisabeth Borne.
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'Grain to grind'
The Medef also defended the degressivity of unemployment benefits, while according to the number one of the CFE / CGC François Homeril, Elisabeth Ms. Borne would consider "letting the social partners return" on this measure that came into force in February. "We do not see any reason (to) change" the reform of unemployment insurance and "the prime minister has confirmed it," said Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux Monday.
It also excludes discussing with the unions subjects on which positions are too antagonistic, such as wage indexation. "Social dialogue works when there is grain to grind and there is the will on both sides to find a compromise," he said.
The CPME, which also wants to address the housing crisis, professional wear and tear and the use of the personal training account, ensures that it is "absolutely not in a defensive state of mind" after the pension reform. The Union of Local Enterprises (U2P), which represents craftsmen and liberal professions, will be received Tuesday by Elisabeth Borne.
