The coronavirus epidemic has justified around 3.2 million work stoppages, for sick or "vulnerable" people, but especially for those having to keep their children during confinement, according to figures transmitted by the Health Insurance. The assessment, arrested Monday, is commensurate with the health crisis: some 600,000 sick leaves were prescribed by doctors to as many patients of Covid-19.
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For "vulnerable people" (chronically ill, pregnant women), the Health Insurance received in one month 400,000 requests for "derogatory" work stoppages, to which it gave right "in almost 8 cases out of 10" - others can get one "retroactively" through their doctor, she says. But that's nothing compared to the 2.3 million child custody orders issued at the request of employers since the first school closings in early March.
Most will soon be on short-time working
A number probably greater than that of the insured benefiting from it, since this type of work stoppage is granted for a maximum of three weeks and renewable until the resumption of classes - scheduled no earlier than May 11.
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These parents of pupils, as well as the "vulnerable people" will however switch to the regime of partial unemployment on May 1, in order to avoid a loss of income due to the degression of the daily allowances paid by the Social Security.
According to the Ministry of Labor, this will affect more than two million people, which will be added to the 10.2 million workers already on partial unemployment.