Question 33341 — women

Summary

Ms. Marie-Pierre Rixain draws the attention of the Minister of Solidarity and Health to the situation of women on maternity leave and whose salary is higher than the social security ceiling. Income maintenance during maternity leave is ensured by a welfare system made up of a compulsory capped portion coming from social security and a complementary portion linked to a contract with a welfare institution. This additional part is optional, unless it is imposed by a sector agreement or a collective agreement. When the employee receives a salary lower than the social security ceiling (i.e. 3,377 euros gross per month, which concerns approximately 95.1% of employees), maintaining the salary does not generate any cost for the employer. For the remaining 4.9% employees, if the employer has set up additional insurance, it contributes at least 50% of the contributions. If no supplementary welfare system is put in place, the employer can decide whether or not to supplement the employee's salary. Thus, for almost 5% of employees, maternity leave can constitute a significant loss of salary; a risk which stigmatizes pregnancy and motherhood in the professional environment. This is why BPW France, an NGO which works in favor of professional equality, proposes to generalize access to a harmonized pension offer which makes it possible to fully maintain the income of all working women, whatever their professional status, during their maternity leave. This, via legislative developments making it possible to regulate the harmonization of complementary insurance offers, to impose respect for the implementation of collective contracts by companies and professional orders and to guarantee income maintenance through compulsory insurance for non-federated professions. Also, she questions him about the means available to his ministry to implement these proposals.

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