In 2022, 44% of residents of Reunion Island, aged 55 to 64, or 53,000 people, had a job, according to an INSEE study.
More seniors are employed than in the past, but still struggle to stay there : after 55 years, the employment rate falls, reveals the study. For seniors looking for a job and registered with France Travail, finding a job is more difficult than for their juniors. Senior women are much less often employed than men : four out of ten versus five out of ten. Furthermore, they mainly occupy jobs not qualified as employees, while men of this age more often occupy positions classified as managers, better paid.
Two thirds of seniors work in the private sector. They are over-represented in household services and medico-social, highly feminized sectors. They are also in agriculture and real estate activities, where men are the majority. In the public service, seniors are very present within local authorities ; the majority of them are not tenured.
otherwise, workers aged 50 or over are more often affected than others by serious work accidents and occupational illnesses.
