The government plans to extend compensation for the unemployed whose rights will run out during this second period of confinement,
Les Échos said
Thursday, November 12, citing "
corroborating sources
".
The measure could be discussed during a consultation scheduled today with the social partners on the future of the reform of unemployment insurance.
The board of directors of Pôle emploi would also consider extending the specific allowance for the unemployed in training, ensures the economic daily.
These exceptional measures had already been put in place during the first containment, in the spring.
At the time, they concerned around 200,000 unemployed for a cumulative cost of 500 million euros, note
Les Échos
.
The only extension of compensation for the unemployed at the end of their rights would concern some 65,000 people this time.
If it materializes, this new gesture in favor of job seekers would come after the decision to postpone until April 1, 2021 the application of the unemployment insurance reform supposed to tighten the conditions of compensation.
It would take place in a context of sharp deterioration in the labor market.
According to INSEE, the unemployment rate soared in the third quarter to reach 9%.