The Minister of Labor Muriel Pénicaud announced on Tuesday that the use of partial unemployment was requested for 5.8 million employees, or one in four in the private sector, which should cost 19.6 billion in three months.

The use of partial unemployment has been requested for 5.8 million employees, or one in four in the private sector, which should cost 19.6 billion in three months, Labor Minister Muriel Pénicaud announced on Tuesday.

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"We are the only country to be at this level of partial unemployment," said the minister during a videoconference hearing in the Senate. During the previous score at the beginning of April, the use of partial activity, the official name of the system, had been requested by 337,000 companies for 3.6 million employees.

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