France's Financial Markets Authority (AMF), together with the Directorate General of the Treasury, the Directorate General for Labour, the French Asset Management Association (AFG) and La finance pour tous, announced that Employee Savings Week will run from 24 to 28 March and published a new OpinionWay study on employee savings and value-sharing arrangements. The findings point to broadly positive feedback from employees and firms, while highlighting a continued need for practical guidance and financial education given perceived complexity and information gaps. The survey reports that 45% of employees hold at least one employee savings arrangement, with 77% of employees and 86% of business leaders describing their experience as positive, and nearly eight in ten employees aware of the concept. At the same time, arrangements are still seen as complex, some savers have reduced voluntary contributions due to financial constraints or reallocation to other investments, and many small-business leaders cite limited knowledge, economic caution and perceived complexity as barriers. For the first time, the study includes leaders of companies with 11 to 49 employees, reflecting the five-year experiment under the 29 November 2023 value-sharing law that requires such firms to have at least one value-sharing mechanism in place by end-2025. The week’s programme is supported by the educational website epargnesalariale-france.fr and includes a conference in Paris on 25 March on the role of works councils (CSE), hosted by the AMF and AFG, alongside other partner events.

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