Pension reform: the six points challenged by the Constitutional Council

The Sages have decided

Pension reform: the six points challenged by the Constitutional Council

The Sages have decided. The pension reform, a bill disputed in France for several weeks, has been largely validated by the Constitutional Council. However, the institution guaranteeing respect rejected 6 provisions of the text. At the same time, the Elders rejected a request for a shared initiative referendum (RIP) submitted by the left. A second request, filed later, must however be the subject of a new decision on May 3.

Unsurprisingly, the senior index, a new mandatory indicator to update the practices of large companies in terms of employment of employees over 55, has been revoked. It required companies with more than 1,000 employees to collect precise data on their employees over 55: share of these seniors in recruitment, professional training guaranteed to them (among others). If the leaders concerned refused to publish these figures, the bill provided for a sanction. The government text provided for the payment of 1% of the payroll to the pension fund for employees of the general scheme.

The CDI seniors, created on an experimental basis with the aim of facilitating the hiring of long-term job seekers aged over 60, has also been censored. The contract would have lasted until the retirement of the employee concerned. A proposal driven by right-wing senators, this measure did not find favor with the government, which pointed to an estimated cost of 800 million euros.

The article provided for detailing Social Security expenditure from 2023 to 2027. Concretely, this provision made certain changes to the organization of the collection of social security contributions

One of the most criticized measures. This provision provided for a pension equal to at least 85% of the net minimum wage, i.e. nearly 1,200 euros from the next school year, for employees who have completed a full career assessed on the basis of a minimum wage. The Elders have not validated the conditions for the opening of the right to early departure for civil servants who have completed their services in a job classified as active or super-active during the ten years preceding their tenure.

Article 17 was partly rejected. In particular the part which provided for specific individual monitoring for the benefit of employees exercising or having exercised trades or activities particularly exposed to certain occupational risk factors.

This article provided for the establishment of an information system for insured persons on the pay-as-you-go pension system.