Three weeks after the launch of a concertation to "save jobs", Emmanuel Macron receives the social partners again on Wednesday to unveil their first arbitrations. While Unédic anticipates the destruction of 900,000 jobs in 2020, unions and employers' organizations are waiting for answers. Emmanuel Macron is particularly expected on two subjects: the reform of unemployment insurance and the new long-term partial unemployment scheme.
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The unemployment insurance reform, decided on a year ago by the government, tightened the rules for the unemployed. It was planned in two stages. The first has already taken place in November, setting stricter conditions to be compensated in the event of job loss. The second was to intervene on April 1, and was postponed in extremis to September because of the health crisis.
A new long-term partial activity scheme
It is this second step that the unions are disputing the most, because it greatly tightens the method of calculating the daily allowance for the unemployed. The executive has said it, he wants to review the copy. But for the unions, unanimous on this point, the only valid solution is the annulment of the entire reform. Which suggests some tension during the meeting on Wednesday afternoon.
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The other crucial topic of the meeting, long-term partial activity, should generate a little less tension. The principle would be that of state aid to companies facing a lasting decline in their activity. Aid that can be paid for two years, in return for employment commitments. These commitments must be sealed by an agreement at company or branch level.