Introduced in 2019, the bonus/malus measure (also called higher and lower coefficients) was intended to encourage employees to work for another year, even if they fulfilled the legal conditions for leaving at full employment. Otherwise, a 10% penalty was applied to their pension for 3 years, with a small proportion benefiting from a reduced rate of 5%.

The malus ended in the fall for new retirees (retirement from 1^er December 2023) and the measure applies since 1^er april 2024 for those who retire before the 1^er december 2023. This includes some 700,000 private sector retirees.

The bonus for policyholders who postpone their retirement from 2 to 4 years is maintained for those who are not affected by the pension reform.

An inflation-adjusted revaluation through 2026

The upgrading of supplementary pensions in 4.9% from 1^er november 2023 affects more than 13 million pensioners. This increase corresponds to the level of inflation estimated by INSEE for 2023.

Moreover, the recovery over the period 2024-2026 will be indexed to the inflation rate, reduced by a sustainability factor of 0.40 percentage points depending on the evolution of the country's economic situation in the coming years.

The upgrading of basic pensions takes place once a year at 1^er January, subject to exceptions.

Removal of the solidarity coefficient (bonus/malus)

Coefficient of solidarity (malus)

The extension of the retirement age has led the social partners to abolish this coefficient in certain cases:

• deletion for insured persons whose retirement takes effect from 1^er December 2023;
• deleting at 1^er april 2024 for policyholders whose retirement takes effect before 1^er December 2023.

Marginal coefficient (bonus)

This coefficient is maintained for insured persons who postpone their departure from 2 to 4 years and who are not affected by the pension reform.

It shall be deleted:

• for insured persons born on or after 1^er September 1961;
• and whose retirement from the basic scheme took effect from 1^er December 2023;

It shall continue to apply for persons qualifying for a pension under the basic scheme at the full rate before 1^er December 2023, in the course of a calendar offset at the date of this Agreement from the liquidation of their retirement pension.

Application of employment-pension cumulation

The conditions for applying job-pension cumulation are changing with the pension reform. Previously, insured persons paid into employment and retirement without acquiring new rights. Now, if a pensioner resumes a professional activity, contributions generate new entitlements to the basic scheme (under certain conditions).

The Agirc-Arco agreement provides for a similar measure for supplementary retirement.

Since 1^er January 2024, insured persons in full employment-pension may benefit from a new Agirc-Arrco pension (within the limit of the annual ceiling set by the Social Security).