Through the “Employment 50+” campaign, A national mobilization launched on April 29 by the Ministry of Labor aims to better understand the skills of experienced employees and the means of lifting the brakes on their recruitment or their maintenance in employment. The Aract Réunion and the Deets brought together on June 19 the local actors concerned by the subject to lay the foundations for this mobilization in Reunion.
"Experienced employees" : The expression appears more relevant than the simple qualifier of seniors to lift in particular the stereotypes attached to the seniors at work. Nevertheless, It is indeed the employment of employees aged 50 and over. In a context of demographic transition marked by the progressive aging of the active population, The employment of experienced employees becomes an increasing issue of employment policies. The national interprofessional agreement (Years) Signed by the corporate partners on November 14, 2024 sets the framework of a series of measures that should improve the employment rate of seniors and the management of career ends. Thus the experience valuation contract (CVE) could promote the return to employment of seniors by valuing, For example, tutoring or transmission of knowledge in local businesses. On the other hand, The use of gradual retirement, still very marginal in France, could be encouraged by information and by incentives to employees and companies. These measures are transposed in a draft law under examination by the Parliament for a vote of the two chambers before the end of the year.
The use of seniors, A major issue of the future
Some figures (2023) To identify the problem. 55-64 year old employment rate : in the European Union, 63,4 % ; France, 58,4 % ; The meeting, 44 %. In 2022, 117,000 people were aged 55 to 64 in Reunion, or 13 % of the population. This part has doubled in twenty years. Among these seniors, 53,000 have a job, Or almost 44 % (source : INSEE ). Other indicator : in the meeting, Workers 50 and over are 3,5 times more often subject to occupational diseases than the youngest. According to the statistical data from France Work, 30 % of seniors over 50 are job seekers, And within this group 62 % are faced with an obstacle to employment linked to a health problem.
A collective dynamic Reunionese
Organized as part of the week for quality of life and conditions
working (SQVCT) by the Aract Réunion, with the support of state services, The meeting of June 19 brought together local representatives of the National Association of Human Resources Directors (Andrh), of the association Les Entreprises are committed, Medef, of the CPME, from France work, of CAP Employment, of l’U2p, of APEC and State services. "We officially launch this collective dynamic Reunionese. We have collected the resources of each structure, We meet today to launch and structure the mobilization around the employment of experienced employees ", explained Corinne Dubois, Director of ARACT REVIRE.
Prepare the application of the future law
They have second semester, A new session "deciphering the law" is provided for in Reunion from the promulgation of the text. The Director of Deets suggested that all available documents and all existing sheets are concentrated in a single document, which would also give the material of a practical guide intended for employers. This first mobilization suggests concrete consequences to prepare for the local declination of the future law on the employment of experienced employees. To note, for exemple, The MEDEF Réunion initiative, this year again, to collaborate with the town hall of Saint-Denis and France work by organizing a senior job dating. During the first edition of this senior job dating, in October 2024, As part of Fraternity Week and Solidarity organized by the town hall of Saint-Denis, 80 positions were to be filled.
