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Coronavirus: government wants to "adjust" unemployment insurance rules

2020-04-27T13:41:35.730Z


Faced with the exceptional situation linked to the pandemic, the Ministry of Labor will initiate "a reflection with the social partners", above


The Ministry of Labor announced Monday that it wanted to initiate "a reflection with the social partners" to "quickly adapt" the unemployment insurance rules in the face of the "exceptional situation" created by the coronavirus.

Unions unanimously demanded, even before the health crisis, and even more since, that the government abandon its unemployment insurance reform entirely.

Dealing with a historic situation. The number of unemployed (category A) recorded a historic increase over one month in March (+246,100, or + 7.1%) to settle at 3,732 million, according to figures released Monday by Pôle Emploi. The increase concerns all age groups but is stronger among men (+ 8.6%) than women (+ 5.5%). It is particularly worn by those looking for a job in construction, personal services, tourism, trade or entertainment.

Second part of the reform: permanent or temporary suspension? At the start of the crisis, the executive suspended until September the second part of the unemployment insurance reform which hardens the calculation of the allowance for precarious workers, alternating short contracts and periods of unemployment, and which was to come into force on April 1. Asked about the outlines of the upcoming reflection, the ministry did not wish to provide any details. "We will see what they will say, whether or not they repeal the decree (of the whole reform)," reacted Michel Beaugas (FO), unemployment insurance negotiator.

High wages: no specific reduction. The government had also suspended the measure on declining allowances after six months for jobseekers with high wages, which could theoretically begin to apply on May 1.

Extension for the unemployed at the end of entitlement. Monday, the ministry said that "the extension of rights for people at the end of rights will also be effective for the month of May", especially for intermittent show workers.

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The conditions of access to compensation unchanged. No easing, however, for the rule that came into force on November 1 which tightens access conditions (having worked six months in the last 24 months instead of 4 months in the last 28 months) and which is still in progress. force.

Companies lay off massively. The ministry argues that "unemployment is increasing because companies, in the current context, no longer hire, but not because they lay off massively". According to the latest score he reports, 10.8 million French people are in partial activity. And this figure will increase because employees arrested for childcare will switch to partial unemployment from May 1.

Source: leparis

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