Senior Employment in France: A Growing Concern for the Future

2024-02-21 05:15:02

In France, we are getting older and younger. From the age of 45, we move into the senior category. 55 years old seems like a defeat. This is what Bruno Le Maire was thinking during the wish ceremony when talking regarding this year 2024 which will see him fall into this world where nothing seems possible anymore. Absurd, he admits. It is also a real human and financial waste.

“Retaining employment for seniors aged 55-64 is a major issue for France. Indeed, a low employment rate, 57% in 2023 according to Dares, the statistical service of the Ministry of Labor, is below the European average (62%) but above all very far from the best countries like Germany (73 %) and Sweden (77%) »observes economist Jean-Hervé Lorenzi, who chairs the TDTE chair (Demographic Transitions Economic Transitions).

The gradual increase in the legal retirement age from 62 to 64 reshuffles the cards. In certain professions, the challenge…

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