He is (since 2009) an emeritus professor of Sociology,[1] and previously taught at Paris West University Nanterre La Défense.

He challenges the interpretation that makes the 1945 Social Security a necessary element of the Fordist era of capitalism.

[1] He leads the European Institute of Wages and a popular education association called Réseau Salariat, which promotes the idea of a "qualification-based wage for life" (salaire à la qualification personnelle) as an alternative proposal to the basic income[3] - an idea denounced by Friot as "the spare wheel of capitalism".

[4] His research focuses on the sociology of wages and comparing social protection systems in Europe.

To be fully understood, Bernard Friot developed through Reseau Salariat many tutoring videos.