The end of “whatever the cost” is not over for everyone!
Prime Minister Jean Castex announced Monday, during a speech at the Global Industrie trade fair in Lyon, the six-month extension of France Relance's aid for apprenticeship, ie until June 30, 2022. The bonus provided for in under the plan 1 young person, 1 solution - of 5,000 euros for a minor and 8,000 euros for an adult - had already been extended in the spring until the end of December 2021 for an estimated cost of 2.4 billion euros.
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It is clear that the good figures for apprenticeship have pushed the government to proceed with a new extension, less than a year from the presidential election.
"The results are there",
welcomed the Prime Minister.
In 2020, under the effect of this aid which makes the cost of the first year almost zero for the employer, some 525,600 young people have concluded a work-study contract with an employer.
In 2020, under the effect of this aid which makes the cost of the first year almost zero for the employer, some 525,600 young people have concluded a work-study contract with an employer. This represents an increase of 42% compared to 2019, which was already a record year. And 2021 follows an equally encouraging dynamic. The first figures sent to the Ministry of Labor even suggest a new surge in this type of work-study training, open to young people aged 16 to 29. Between January and April, the number of contracts concluded rose to 50,000. A real leap from the 17,000 signatures recorded over the same period in 2020 and the 12,000 in 2019.Apprenticeship entries in the first trimester have thus increased threefold in the space of one year and even fourfold compared to two years ago.
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In addition, still in the desire to protect young people from the effects of the crisis on employment, the Ministry of Labor has decided to mobilize 3 million euros for the Association for the employment of executives (Apec) to support 40,000 additional young people towards integration - in addition to the 50,000 already followed in 2021 - by the summer of 2022.