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The government will set up assistance for precarious workers

2020-11-27T06:03:22.677Z


This aid should guarantee them a "monthly replacement income", according to the Minister of Labor, Élisabeth Borne. New support for young people is also in the pipeline.


The Minister of Labor, Élisabeth Borne, announces, in an interview with

Les Échos on

Thursday,

“exceptional help”

for precarious workers who worked

“significantly”

before the Covid-19 crisis.

This aid should concern around 300,000 people,

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"I proposed to the Prime Minister the establishment of exceptional aid, targeted at people who worked significantly before the crisis even if they alternated periods of work and unemployment, to guarantee them a minimum monthly replacement income"

, indicates the minister.

This individualized assistance and paid by Pôle Emploi should concern

"approximately 300,000 people, including 70,000 young people"

and

"its payment will last while the labor market stabilizes"

, adds Elisabeth Borne.

Youth support

Emmanuel Macron had announced an

“exceptional response”

for

“seasonal workers, extras who have not had any commitments for months, precarious workers who worked in previous years but no longer find jobs”

.

He also mentioned

"young people who can find neither student job nor first job"

, affirming that

"the plan" a young person, a solution "will be the subject of increased means"

.

On this point, the plan presented in July

"is unfolding very well"

, says the minister, who quotes in particular

"128,000"

intentions to use the bonus for hiring a young person (up to 4,000 euros) and

"172,000 requests ”

for assistance in hiring an apprentice (5,000 euros for an apprentice under 18 or 8,000 euros for a major), hoping to“

beat the record

”of contracts signed in 2019.

However, she mentions

"holes in the racket"

.

"We want in particular to ensure that there is no break in the course because a young person is no longer eligible for financial assistance,"

she said, proposing in particular an extension of the benefit of remuneration. trainee in vocational training.

Adjustments for partial unemployment

On the support of partial unemployment, the rules of which must become less favorable on January 1, she indicates that

"businesses closed administratively will continue to benefit from full support, without limitation of duration"

, and mentions other

"Adjustments"

possible.

As for teleworking, which since the end of October has been

"the rule"

in companies that can, she says that

"the health protocol for companies will continue to apply in its current terms until the Christmas holidays"

.

For the rest, she notes a

"request for a little more flexibility"

and will discuss Monday with the social partners on this point, evoking

"the possibility of allowing employees to return at least one day a week to the office"

.

Source: lefigaro

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