Gas, pensions, work stoppages … which changes on September 1

It is both retired and employee. Béatrice Vincent, accounting assistant, works three and a half days a week and benefits from her retirement one day and a half. With gradual retirement, his income did not move: 1,996 euros per month, with 1,525 euros in salary and 471 euros in retirement pension. This system is now available from the age of 60, compared to 62 years ago, provided you have contributed 37.5 years. The goal: to maintain seniors on the job market. “The more the activity will get longer, the more this system will become interesting for companies wishing to keep seniors in their employment,” said Mathieu Plane, deputy director of the Department Analysis and forecasting of the OFCE.

Another change related to employment: a new form to justify a work stoppage. More secure, it should make it possible to reduce fraud to daily allowances. It represented 42 million euros in 2024, against 17 million the previous year. On the finance side, the calculation of childcare help is evolving. He now takes better account of income, the number of children and the need for childcare, especially for single -parent families. Finally, the price of gas decreases approximately two percent thanks to a stable supply. A decrease in demand in Europe, supported by the hope of the end of the war in Ukraine.

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