2023-05-30 06:30:07
While the employment of seniors is at the heart of discussions between Elisabeth Borne and the unionsthe last barometer on temporary employment in March 2023 by Prism’emploi, the organization of professionals in the temporary work sector, pinpoints an unknown phenomenon: in recent years, the proportion of over 50s has continued to increase in the interim. This asset class represented 13.4% of temporary employees in 2022, compared to 12.5% in 2020.
Between 1995 and 2015, their proportion had already almost tripled, noted a previous investigation of the Observatory of Interim and Recruitment published in May 2022. This growth accompanies the aging of the population and the reforms raising the retirement age. It is also a consequence of the tightening of screws around early retirement and other possibilities of exemption from job search for seniors.
More hours than average
Having little hope of finding a permanent contract, some of those who find themselves unemployed at the end of their career turn to temporary work. According to the survey by the Observatory of Interim and Recruitment, nearly two-thirds of temporary workers were unemployed when they registered with an agency and just as many are joining the temporary work after 40 years. “The wish to quickly return to work was the main reason for their use of temporary work for 52% of them”, says the study. For seniors receiving a small pension, schemes such as combined pension employment have also been able to promote this form of resumption of activity.
Another notable data highlighted in the Prism’emploi barometer: seniors in temporary work work a higher number of hours than the average. That is 635 hours per year for 55-59 year olds in 2022, compared to 464 hours for all ages combined. According to this document, it is this age category that works the most hours in temporary work, followed by 50-54 year olds (620 hours). For this age group, temporary work is not a side job.
Tensions in recruitment are also pushing employers to open their doors more widely to seniors. Sixty-somethings now represent 21% of temporary activity in the construction sector in 2020, according to the Interim Observatory. “The 50+ are increasingly “wanted” (…) for their qualities of behavior and interpersonal skills, when it is not for their qualifications”, adds the survey. In terms of management positions, the 2000s also saw the birth of temporary agencies specializing in experienced seniors.
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