A colossal cost!
At the end of August, partial unemployment would have cost nearly 22 billion euros to the State and Unédic, according to the latest estimate made by the statistical service of the Ministry of Labor, Dares.
An invoice likely to be revised but which already gives an idea of the extent of the use of this job maintenance device.
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The note amounts in detail to 3.3 billion in March, 8.9 billion in April, 5 billion in May, 2.4 billion in June, 1.4 billion in July and 0.8 billion euros.
An overall sum which remains, for the moment, lower than the 31 billion entered in the last amending budget to amortize the partial activity of companies over the whole of 2020. But given the epidemic resumption and health measures which are taken as a result, with in particular the total or partial re-closing of bars and restaurants in the territory, requests for partial unemployment could once again rise again, if not soar, in the coming months.
Added to this are the sums committed by the State through the first long-term partial activity agreements (APLD) concluded.
In addition, the decline in the number of employees on short-time work was confirmed in August, with 1.3 million French people concerned against 1.9 in July and 3.5 million in June.
On the other hand, the number of job protection plans (PSE) is accelerating, with 35 plans initiated the week of September 21, against 28 the previous one.
As of September 27, there were 454 PES initiated since March, against 267 over the same period in 2019. On the employment side, the destruction of affiliated positions is soaring: 65,000 in eight months, compared to 19,000 a year ago.
