Delay the retirement age to 64 years and contribute 43 years to collect a full pension are some of the measures proposed by the government of Emmanuel Macron in France to achieve the “balance” of the pension system.
Macron, who already withdrew a first reform attempt in 2020 due to the arrival of covid-19, is once again facing rejection by unions and the majority of the opposition, who are anticipating massive protests.
For this, the Government wants to introduce a “senior index”, to control the proportion of older workers on the payroll and discourage companies from laying off gray-haired ones, as they often do. For young people, it is expanding the number of apprenticeship positions, which in 2022 reached thes 980,000, the highest level ever recorded.
In parallel, the government has tightened the rules on unemployment benefits that apply during periods of economic growth and labor shortages. Currently, many French companies say they have problems filling vacancies.
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Right to laziness?
However, since the pandemic arrived, workloads have undergone many changes and within the daily life of France, it is analyzed how the reduction in the workload can be beneficial.
A text by Paul Lafargue, socialist thinker, called “Le Droit à la Paresse” (“The right to laziness”) published in 1880 He bets on a three-hour workday Therefore, the discussion on this topic may be around at key moments when the reform is being analyzed.
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Currently, workers in France work two more hours a week, completing 37 hours per weekwhile the Germans work 35 hours.
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