The government ready to expand the hardship account in the pension reform

The government unveiled its first "avenues for reflection" at the CFTC, the U2P and the CFDT, which opened the ball for bilateral consultations on the themes of "the employment of seniors and the prevention of professional wear and tear".

It is precisely on this second part that the executive opened the door to a claim made by several employee organizations, CFDT in the lead. The document, of which AFP obtained a copy, indeed plans to "adapt C2P to better take into account the evolution of risks".

Currently, employees exposed to certain risks (night work, noise, extreme temperatures, etc.) accumulate points - a maximum of 100 - which are most often used to retire earlier - a maximum of 2 years.

The ministry, however, mentioned the possibility of "removing the ceiling for acquiring points" and allowing those who are exposed to several simultaneous risks to "acquire more points".

The idea of ​​a new "retraining leave" to use C2P (which can also be used to pay for training or a part-time transfer) was also discussed.

But the CFDT is still waiting for "a form of resumption of the criteria deleted" from the ex-arduousness account five years ago (carrying heavy loads, painful postures, mechanical vibrations, dangerous chemical agents), indicates its negotiator Yvan Ricordeau.

Without "major progress" on this point, the union does not intend to review the "long career" system, which allows a departure at 60, or even 58 years for those who started working before the age of 20, and which the government proposes to "modernize", without specifying its intentions at this stage.

“If it is a question of refining the criteria while protecting the craftsmen, that suits us”, explains the vice-president of the U2P, Jean-Christophe Repon, more worried about the risk of “stigmatizing certain trades” through the hardship account.

The ministry seemed "more on the line + prevention is better than cure +, which suits us well", retains the vice-president of the CFTC, Pascale Coton.