Retirement: Marisol Touraine loose ballast unions
Things settle a bit, the first social service that the government should take. The decree establishing the terms of a partial return to retire at age 60 for employees "who started work at 18 or 19 years and have contributed for 41 years" will be released "late June, early July at the latest," said Marisol Touraine, the Minister of Social Affairs and Health. "It is a priority measure of justice", she insisted on the eve of the opening of the consultation with social partners asked him to run Jean-Marc Ayrault on the subject.
The Prime Minister on his part said that there would be some leeway on how to start part 60. For now, only employees who actually contributed 41 years are concerned. Those who reach this time thanks to bonuses under the military service, unemployment, maternity or sick leave are not. Well, not yet
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Because before the growing discontent of the unions that put pressure to expand the scope of beneficiaries, Marisol Touraine has already begun to make concessions. "The maternity leave or military service will count," has for the first time recognized the minister, who has nevertheless remained somewhat fuzzy on the periods of illness and unemployment – it is precisely the subject of discussions with social partners – may be "embedded within certain limits." The Minister has merely to recall the target year of the return to retirement at age 60 (150,000 beneficiaries) and cost (one billion). "I will make a trade based on financial constraints", for his part nuanced Jean-Marc Ayrault faxless payday advance. In short, nothing is locked and discussions within the government have not started.
SMIC: no fork
Same uncertainty about the level of boost to the minimum wage before the summer that Francois Hollande said. Jean-Marc Ayrault has even refused yesterday to give a range. "The same rule applies in this matter as on others, dialogue and respect for partners, justified the Prime Minister. We spent five years with a president who decided everything, and it worked poorly. "Do not bother to repeat past mistakes, even if the decree should be published quickly increase, in any event before the conference Social in July.
"The Prime Minister has no incentive to plant on these two decrees augurera as this evil if his vision of social dialogue," warns Pascale Cotton, the general secretary of the CFTC. Number 2 of the central Christian "refuses any escalation of the minimum wage" and recalls that "supplementary pension funds do not have the means to finance a partial return too much to retire at 60".
These points, in opposition to the demands of the CGT and FO, are at the heart of consultations that began Michel Sapin tag. Labour Minister called on Wednesday night at union leaders to discuss these topics. Making contact before entering the hard
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