WHILE THE MINISTER OF THE ECONOMY WISHES TO LOWER THE DURATION OF UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS FOR SENIORS TO REACH FULL EMPLOYMENT, THE OVER-55s SUFFER FROM NEGATIVE PREJUDICES AND INSUFFICIENT TRAINING FROM RECRUITERS. A FRENCH SPECIFICITY.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While the pension reform came into force on September 1, 2023 and the government set itself an objective of full employment, the Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire, declared in November that he was in favor of lowering the duration of unemployment benefits for those over 55 to align it with those of other unemployed people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The low employment rate of seniors is a problem specific to France. \u201cIn 2022, 56.9% of people aged 55 to 64 are in employment, compared with 82.5% of those aged 25 to 49. [\u2026] In 2022, the employment rate of seniors remains lower in France than that of the European Union average, which is 62.4%,\u201d indicates Dares, of the Ministry of Labor, in a note of September 2023. It ranks 17th among European countries, behind Sweden (77.3%), Germany (73.3%), Portugal (65.9%) or Spain (57.7%). Dares nevertheless specifies that \u201cthis rate continues to increase to reach its highest level since 1975.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n