Support for partial activity will have cost a total of 27.1 billion euros in 2020, according to an estimate from the Ministry of Labor which also indicates that 2.4 million employees would have been in partial activity in December.
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According to the Dares (statistics service of the ministry), the amount of non-working hours paid for by the State and Unédic would amount to 2.0 billion euros in December (after 2.3 billion in November and 0, 9 billion in October), which would bring the total cost of the partial activity to 27.1 billion in 2020. The State covers two thirds of this cost, Unédic the remaining third.
In December, according to this survey of companies, 2.4 million employees would have actually been in partial activity (or about 13% of private sector employees) in December, after 3.1 million in November.
This decline is mainly explained by the containment relief measures taken at the end of November which led to a decline in partial activity, in particular in retail and personal service activities (hairdressing, beauty care, repair hardware, etc.).
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On the other hand, more than six in ten employees in the hotel and catering industry were still partially working in December.
In addition, 25% of employees teleworked at least one day in December: 10% of employees were teleworked all week, 11% between two and four days a week, 3% one day a week and around 2% a few days or half-days in the month.
