Restaurant owners and hoteliers are not at the end of their trouble.
While establishments are still closed without a scheduled reopening date, their employees remain on partial unemployment and continue to accumulate days of paid leave.
"
The government says it reimburses 100% partial unemployment",
explains the president of the GNI to France Info, Didier Chenet.
“
We say: this is not true!
Since there are still paid holidays ”.
During a meeting held this Friday afternoon around the Minister of Labor, Elisabeth Borne, and the Minister for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs), Alain Griset, this hot topic was put on the table .
In fact, with the reconfinement, many employees are again on short-time working and cannot sell their stocks of paid leave already amassed during the first confinement.
150 million euros over the year
At the rate of two and a half days per month, the number of these vacation days continues to grow and, for the time being, these days are not covered by the State as part of the compensation for the activity. partial.
The payment of paid leave accumulated in the context of partial unemployment would represent the equivalent of 150 million euros over the year, or even double, according to evaluations circulating in the profession cited by
Le Parisien
.
What solution could be found in this already bloodless sector?
At Friday's meeting, the Minister of Labor ruled out the possibility of reviewing the obligation for paid vacation.
An
“agreement was reached between the social partners in 2012,”
Élisabeth Borne had already recalled in early November.
She warned that
"it is not a state decision" and
proposed to the social partners
"to reopen a discussion"
on the subject.
Interprofessional unions have also all kicked in touch on a possible adjustment of the agreement, believes
Le Parisien
.
How can bars, hotels and restaurants be relieved of this thorny problem?
The Umih and the GNI are asking the government to allow short-time workers to take their days off while establishments are closed.
"We would continue to receive the assistance granted for partial unemployment, i.e. 84% of the salary paid, but in return the employer would pay 16% to the employee so that he receives 100% of his former salary on the days of leave that he paid. he would pose ”indicates Didier Chenet to
Parisien
.
For its part, the Medef proposed to place the remainder of leave in a time savings account (CET), but the other trade unions refuse this proposal.
For its part, the CPME asks for an exemption from employer contributions on days of leave.
In 15 days, Minister Élisabeth Borne must find the social partners.
In the meantime, the ministry will "carefully study these proposals" and the Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire must in turn receive them from this Monday at 11 am, Le Parisien continues.
