Given the context of the war in Ukraine combined with inflation, employment is holding up quite well.
In the second quarter of 2022, according to figures from Dares, published on Wednesday, the number of job seekers fell slightly compared to the first three months of 2022. In detail, in the whole of France, the number registered at Pôle emploi in category A - without any activity - has, in fact, fallen by 0.8%, or 26,900 people, to settle at 3.165 million people.
A decline, of course, but deemed “
insignificant
” by the statistical service, after a fall of 5% in the first quarter.
Over one year, despite this slowdown, the trend remains positive, down 15.1%.
At the same time, the total of those registered in categories A, B and C fell by 1.7%, with 5.436 million people.
That is a decline of 96,600 people.
An even sharper drop on the side of young people, since the number of job seekers in categories A, B and C fell by 2.1% among those under 25 years old.
A goal of full employment
The Minister of Labor, Olivier Dussopt, estimated this Tuesday in an interview with Le
Parisien
, about the reform of unemployment insurance that it is "
necessary to go further
".
While the executive has set itself the goal of achieving full employment by 2027, i.e. an unemployment rate of around 5% against 7.3% currently, Olivier Dussopt ensures that this objective is "
possible
" thanks to the reforms .
RSA and unemployment insurance.
“
There is an urgency: that the unemployment insurance reform, decided in 2019 and implemented in 2021 due to Covid, should see its rules extended.
They expire on November 1, 2022
,” said the minister.
This will go through a text of law presented at the start of the school year, which will be the first on the menu of Parliament on the return from the summer break from the beginning of October.
The Minister explains that the government intends to extend these controversial rules “
to allow this reform to continue to produce its positive effects and to think about the next step
”.
“
There is a need to go further
,” he continued.
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"
We will address this subject from the start of the school year with the social partners
", added Olivier Dussopt.
“
Areas can be opened, on the duration of compensation and its decreasing nature.
These parameters will be discussed as part of the consultation
,” he stressed.
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