Executives are very much in favor of buying years of research with their companies, a survey shows

Extra years in retirement capital. More than eight out of ten people say they want to buy back their audit years with their companies, to benefit from additional quarters of contributions for their retirement, according to a Viavoice survey for CGT executives published on Monday . The study was conducted while he was pension reform 2023which increased the legal retirement age to 64, gradually coming into effect, as is the name of the Touraine reform (2014) which requires working for 43 years to have a full pension aca, for all those born in 1973 and after. These measures take executives a little further away from retirement, taking into account the years of study, even if they can buy back up to a dozen terms of higher education.

Of course, since the cost of these quarters is expensive, “Very few years are spared. It is numbered in the thousands.”according to Agathe Le Berder, deputy general secretary of Ugict-CGT, which represents engineers, operators and technicians. If the process seems interesting, it is “companies financing the buyback of audit years” for 84% of executives surveyed, according to a Viavoice survey. “Companies at no time pay for this wealth of qualifications that employees arrive with”notes by Agatha Le Berder. In addition, the Ugict-CGT wants “Employees’ guaranteed right to advanced retirement”noting that 83% of respondents want it. Related to the proposal of the“Transition to part-time without loss of salary and pension contributions” for the end of their career.

Employment of older people is currently being discussed between social partners. A draft agreement, submitted this week by employers, proposes that the employment of older people will become a mandatory subject of negotiation every four years in the branches and every three years in companies with more than 300 employees. It also provides access to advanced retirement from the age of 60. The Viavoice survey was conducted using online interviews from September 9 to 20, 2024, with a sample of 1,000 people, representing the population of executives on the mainland. France, using the quota method.