would like to work: 6 months to 2 years and no more! That is exactly what most of French do. In five years, their number has trebled (from 119,500 in 2005 to 310,000 to 2010). Nevertheless, you need to know that reasons for working are different according to any pensioner in question. Some find ??fun?? to be paid for a part-time job with wages practically equivalent to those they received when they were working before being retired. Others enjoy their particular status: e.g. sole trader. On the one hand, proof is your finances are better on the long term for your pensions, even if they remain slight. Moreover a pensioner still assesses taxes when he receives pensions in the meantime, but these ones are not affected at all because the pensioner has automatically cleared his situation. On the other hand, you should take care of drawing of several salaries at the same time on the short term. Pay attention to details and try not to bring on cash flow problems, particularly in a period when banks are very careful on your credits. Of course, this is a new activity and, unfortunately for the time being, this is still rare. However, already half a million pensioners in France have chosen this system and a large part of them are using the new company scheme Auto entrepreneur . Why not giving it a try? VN:F [1.9.20_1166] lease wait... Rating: 5.0/ 5 (1 vote cast) How to Earn a Salary in Addition to