Work more to replenish nursing homes, two-thirds of which are in deficit, support home help services, start financing a law for the elderly: for the Senate, it is urgent. On the occasion of the examination of the Social Security Financing Bill (PLFSS), which begins on Monday, November 18 at the Luxembourg Palace, Elisabeth Doineau, senator (Union of Democrats and Independents, UDI) of Mayenne and general rapporteur of the Social Security budget, will defend an amendment that establishes a “Solidarity contribution through work.”
Following the same pattern as the “solidarity day” created in 2004 after the 2003 heat wave, the measure imposes an additional seven hours of unpaid work each year on employees in the public and private sectors. It has every chance of being voted for by the senatorial majority of the right and center. Employees could decide, with their employer or by branch, the distribution, throughout the year, of these overtime hours. Their employers would, in exchange, pay a fraction of the amount of social security contributions to the National Solidarity Fund for Autonomy, which finances policies for the elderly and disabled. Efforts that, the senator assures, the French will accept, as long as they understand that “ “They serve to confront the wall of aging that we have before us”.
The “contribution” would release, according to the senator, 2.5 billion euros per year. The president of the Senate, Gérard Larcher, came forward on Sunday to defend the measure: “We cannot constantly complain that we do not respond to the question of autonomy and aging without responding with a solidarity approach”stated in an interview with sunday newspaper published on Saturday, November 16.
“Smart” idea
Prime Minister Michel Barnier has more doubts. “I am very reserved about this idea, which is complex to implement and I am not sure that it will give results as some claim”, I trusted him Western FranceThursday, November 14. According to our information, Mr Barnier is also not in favor of introducing the system through amendments. In his opinion, prior consultation with the social partners is essential.
For his part, the Minister of Economy, Antoine Armand, valued the idea on Thursday on Sud Radio. “judicious”. Laurent Saint-Martin, Minister of Budget, stated “favorable” Sunday at LCI. “I think anything that allows our country to demonstrate that we can work harder to participate in the recovery effort is going in the right direction.”He had already said on October 29 on TF1. But “It is a debate within the government, because the Prime Minister himself has expressed reservations” The issue was corrected on Sunday.
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