Early retirement for a long career of the employee

Verified 01 September 2023 - Legal and Administrative Information Directorate (Prime Minister)

If you started working young person, you can retire front the minimum age of departure normal (set between 62 and 64 years of age depending on your year of birth) if you have a certain period of insurance (all plans combined).

We present the conditions to be fulfilled to benefit from this early retirement.

To qualify for early retirement for a long career, you must meet the following conditions:

Starting work before 16, 18, 20 or 21 years of age
And have a specified number of pension insurance quarters contributors (all plans) including a number before 16, 18, 20 or 21 years of age

You can find the insurance term conditions to be fulfilled according to your personal situation using a simulator:

Whether you are concerned about early retirement for a long career

The period of insurance contributed includes all periods of professional activity during which you have contributed to Pension Insurance and, possibly, to one or more other mandatory pension schemes.

Certain periods may also be considered as contributory quarters, including the following periods:

National Service, up to 4 quarters
Periods of unemployment and periods of unemployment benefit partial activity compensated, up to a maximum of 4 quarters
Indemnified periods of sickness and accidents at work, up to a maximum of 4 quarters
Compensated periods of maternity and adoption
Periods of receipt of an invalidity pension, up to a maximum of 2 quarters
Insurance Term Markup Quarters Allocated Under prevention business account
Quarters obtained thanks to old-age insurance for stay-at-home parents and old-age insurance for carers up to 4 quarters

Make sure you qualify for early retirement for a long career by logging into your personal space on the Pension Insurance website.

Use the service Getting my retirement age :

Pension Insurance - Personal Space

If you meet the requirements, you can apply for a single pension from all your pension plans from your personal area.

Don't stop working until you have confirmed your situation with your other basic and supplementary pension plans.

Your early retirement for a long career is calculated under the same conditions any retirement granted to an employee.

You can get a simulation of your pension amount using the service Estimate the amount of my retirement :

Pension Insurance - Personal Space

Who can help me?

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Pension insurance - 39 60
To inform you about your situation, ask a question about your file, access personal information (follow-up of the file, latest payments, etc.).
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Social Security Code: Article L351-1-1General principles
Social Security Code: Articles D351-1-1 to D351-1-13Conditions of insurance duration and periods considered as contributory

Social Security Pension InsuranceNational old-age insurance fund

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