France: Gabriel Attal wants a new reform of unemployment insurance
The French Prime Minister spoke on 8 p.m. on TF1 this Wednesday, March 27. Gabriel Attal on Wednesday recommended a tightening of unemployment compensation conditions in France as part of a new reform in order to promote, according to him, a return to employment.
Prime Minister Gabriel Attal spoke at 8 p.m. on TF1 this Wednesday March 27, 2024. AFP - ALAIN JOCARD
By: RFI with AFP
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The head of government hoped that a new unemployment insurance reform, after those of 2019 and 2023, would come into force in the fall. “
I asked my Minister of Labor to prepare new negotiations, so that we can relaunch a discussion with the social partners around a real, more global reform of unemployment insurance
,” he underlined.
“
One of the options is to reduce this duration of compensation by several months
” but “
I do not think that it should go below twelve months
”, while the duration is currently 18 months as a rule. general, declared Gabriel Attal on TF1.
Time worked and level of compensation
The head of government also mentioned the two other “
tracks
” for reforming unemployment insurance: namely touching on the minimum time one must have worked to benefit from unemployment – currently six months in the last two years – and the “
unemployment benefit level
”. This last “
track
” has “
less (his) preference
” but “
we will let the social partners work
”, he said.
“
I want us to have the parameters of this reform in the summer so that it can come into force by the fall, as I committed to
,” he added. “
My objective is not to attack a particular individual or the unemployed, it is to move a system to further encourage people to return to work
,” said the Prime Minister.
Work accident
On the question of work, the Prime Minister also announced “
a major initiative
” to “
better prevent accidents at work
” and “
improve the quality of life at work, particularly for those who have the most difficult jobs
”.
To improve the situation, Mr. Attal plans to “
bring together all partners, social partners, elected officials, parliamentarians so that there is a major initiative taken on this subject
”. In 2021, there were still 640,000 work accidents, including 39,000 serious and 696 fatal, according to Health Insurance figures.
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