The Minister of Labor, Muriel Pénicaud, announced on Europe 1 Wednesday that the requests for partial unemployment now concern 998,000 companies and 12.1 million employees in the context of the coronavirus crisis.
"I really hope that we are close to the plateau and that we will witness a decrease in partial unemployment at the same time as we will have a growth in those who will return to work," said Muriel Pénicaud.
Valid in May for parents of pupils
The Minister confirmed that parents who do not wish to send their children to school will be able to continue to benefit from partial unemployment in May.
"The schools will reopen gradually, and so that the parents are calm, in May, if a parent declares that he cannot return to work because the school is not reopened, or not reopened every day , or if he does not want to put his child in school, he can continue to benefit from partial unemployment, "said the minister.
An update will be made with the Prime Minister for the month of June, she said. "For the start of the school year, there is no need to worry, no stress for the parents, they have the choice of going back to work or not in this period when we are going to juggle family organization a bit, we is well aware of this. "
"Very fast" reopening of DWIs
Muriel Pénicaud also praised the work of apprenticeship training centers (CFA) to set up distance training, which benefits "nine apprentices out of ten", and said that she would announce "in a few days" the date of reopening "Very fast" from CFA. A special guide will explain to them the health conditions to be implemented.
Regarding the intermittents of the show, Muriel Pénicaud referred to the announcements of the President of the Republic expected Wednesday during the day, while the minister responsible, Franck Riester, assured that they would benefit from a device during the summer. She underlined that the personalized support of intermittent workers by Pôle emploi, which offers two days of coaching and skills assessments in the first two months "has a lot of effect".
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"Pôle emploi reopens its branches from May 18 and this enhanced support will be the priority of Pôle emploi in the coming weeks", she concluded.