Published on Dec 25 2023 at 11:52 Updated Dec 25 2023 at 2:49 p.m.
As is expected in matters of inter-professional negotiation, the first session, this Friday at Medef headquarters, of that devoted to the employment of seniors was the subject of a “debate” on the location of the following ones. To arrive, as always, at the same answer: at the Medef headquarters. Perhaps even for the last time, since the number ones of the unions and employers will call each other in order to resolve once and for all this secondary logistical question, loaded with symbolism in truth.
55, avenue Bosquet, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, will therefore house the 14 upcoming sessions, divided into three phases. The first, timed for the month of January, should result in a diagnosis of the situation on the three themes of the government’s orientation document: universal time savings account or Cetu, employment of seniors, career progression, attrition and professional retraining .
Universal time savings account: only the CFDT wants it
The actual negotiations will start at the beginning of February, with the aim of reaching a first text a month later, for a conclusion on March 26. Or slightly later than the timetable set by Matignon, but still in time for an agreement to be transposed into law, if there is an agreement. At this stage, unions and employers are only targeting one, and not one per theme, believing that the subjects are linked, except that of Cetu, defended by the CFDT alone.
For them, in fact, keeping seniors in employment must be understood as a whole, and requires action well before the age of 55. For the CFDT leader, Yvan Ricordeau, the negotiation refers to the question of the relationship with work, which the health crisis has only exacerbated and which should have been addressed before the pension reform. “The CFDT expects a lot from this negotiation,” he warned. “This is not a ‘senior’ negotiation, but a negotiation on career paths,” added Eric Courpotin, for the CFTC.
Putting forward some ideas, Jean-François Foucard, for the CFE-CGC, defended the establishment of a real diagnosis on skills between 45 and 50 years old or even an enforceable right for employees to work part-time. But it was FO who revealed himself the most, for the senior part of the negotiation, in any case.
Right to retraining if exposed to professional risks, fixed contribution for companies in the event of separation, part-time work or end-of-career leave, or even restoration of the generation contract established under the five-year Hollande: the central office has made public a long list of demands.
Government interference
On the employers’ side, Medef, through its negotiator, Hubert Mongon, highlighted the central axis that it intends to defend: improving the employment rate, in the first, second or third part of a career, and the underlying question, the functioning of the labor market. “Our guideline will be to focus on career paths,” he promised.
It remains to be seen whether the social partners will address some of the ideas launched here and there by the government, on contractual terminations for example, as mentioned by the Minister of Labor, Olivier Dussopt, or on the establishment of a right to time. partial, promoted by his colleague from Bercy, Bruno Le Maire. “It’s up to us to see if this corresponds to a union or employer request,” said Yvan Ricordeau, rather openly. “We have noted certain political expressions, but we will be careful that the government does not interfere in the negotiation,” modulated Hubert Mongon.
2023-12-25 11:51:34
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