The Minister of health, Xavier Bertrand, and the Minister responsible for social security, Philippe Bas, want additional employees in the private pension plans extend the plan of action for the employment of the elderly submitted by the Government in June. In a letter sent to managers of Arrco (common to all employees) and Agirc (frameworks), they call them to transpose several measures for the general scheme. The Agirc has already changed its rules to take into account the implementation of the phased retirement. The Government wishes to now supplemental plans to relax the opportunity to combine work and retirement, in the ceiling to 1.6 SMIC (as per the General rules). "Elle scope of this measure implies that elle is also applied by supplemental plans", they write. The social partners should not oppose.
On the other hand, they are very reluctant to implement a "raise" for employees extend their business beyond the age and the duration required to benefit from the full rate. The Bill of financing of social security for 2007 is this raise up to 5 per additional year assessed the General plan. In supplemental plans, employees continue to acquire points even when they have sufficiently contributed. But the Ministers believe that a "measure to strengthen the financial incentive to the extension of activity would amplify the impact of the raise." "We hope particularly that negotiation is committed can examine its implementation within the Agirc".

New financial projections
The negotiations in question stands today. The social partners gather to discuss the future supplementary schemes, the session to be primarily devoted to the consideration of new financial projections (see chart). In aggregate, the net result of regimes would be deficit as from 2015-2017 and financial reserves would be consumed in 2024-2025. The status of management plan, which will be in the red as of 2009-2010, is the most concern.
Pending the "Rendez-vous" of 2008 by the Fillon law on pensions, employers is tempted to harden the parameters for the calculation of pensions. But employees unions opposed a preventive dam shooting: "It is not question of further reduce the level of supplementary pensions", prevents Danièle Karniewicz (GSC), while their performance continues to decline: the value of the point (the unit of reference of the paid pension) is evolving at the rate of inflation, while the purchase price of the item following the more rapid growth, the average salary. If this rule has lasted beyond 2008, pensions Arrco would be up to 30 below what they would have been a constant yield the horizon of 2030 (24 of the Agirc), according to a study by the regimes.
Return to two advantages
If a global challenge to the settings before the end of the year seems unlikely, the social partners could however return to two benefits enjoyed by the Executive. The alignment of the performance of the Agirc on the Arrco (the difference is 0.12) could generate an economy of 300 million euros in 2008 if the operation was performed via a less progression of the value of the Agirc point. Harmonization of family benefits (child increases), more favourable currently in the Agirc, represent, an economy of 330 million euros, but only in 2030.