“Arbitration against the most fragile”
New fact, it also envisages that with an unemployment rate below 6% (against 7.3% currently), the duration of compensation is reduced by 40% and not by 25%. The presentation sheet of the decree specifies that “the conditions of application of this provision are referred to a decree in Council of State taken after consultation” with the social partners. In presenting the reform, the Minister of Labor Olivier Dussopt had mentioned the possibility of a hardening, but in the event of unemployment below “5%”, that is to say the level at which one can speak of “full employment”.
On the side of the CFDT, it was “with amazement” that “this new provision” was discovered, reports Le Figaro. The first trade union in France “regrets and denounces a new arbitration once again to the detriment of the most fragile” and indicates that it “will fight for the most precarious, the long-term unemployed and in particular the seniors” so that they “do not not suffer this new injustice”.
An advisory opinion awaited
For job seekers who will see their duration of compensation reduced in February, the document provides, as announced, an “end of entitlement supplement” in the event of a deterioration in the labor market, if unemployment exceeds 9% or it increased by 0.8 points or more over a quarter. The text also confirms that certain populations are excluded from the reform such as entertainment workers, fishermen or dockers.
Regarding the “bonus-malus” on the unemployment insurance contribution for companies in seven sectors that are large consumers of precarious contracts (accommodation and catering, transport, etc.), the text extends until August 31, 2023 the first modulation which began on September 1, 2022. It establishes a second period from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2024, by reinstating companies very affected by the health crisis that had been excluded.