The last two measures of the controversial reform of unemployment insurance, the tightening of the rules on the degression of benefits and on the duration of affiliation necessary to open or top up a right, will indeed come into force on December 1, confirmed Élisabeth. Borne, this Thursday.
"From December 1st, you will have to have worked 6 months and no longer 4 months to benefit from unemployment benefit, and the degression will apply beyond the 6th month and not from the 8th month as today" for salaries beyond 4,500 euros, detailed the Minister of Labor on France Inter.
Decrease in the number of unemployed
Emblematic reform of the chaotic five-year term, the hardening of the rules for calculating unemployment benefit came into force on October 1, but the application of these two provisions was subject to certain conditions for improving the labor market.
"Today, the criteria are met, since we had a very large number of hires over the last four months and since with these 200,000 job seekers less over the last quarter, we are almost double the decrease that was necessary for the two provisions to come into force, ”she detailed.
The number of category A unemployed fell 5.5% in the third quarter in France (excluding Mayotte) compared to the previous quarter, or 206,000 fewer registered, to 3.544 million, according to figures from the Ministry of Labor released Wednesday.
Over one year, the drop is 9.7%.
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