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.
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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 stressed.
“ One option is to reduce this compensation period by several months. ” but ” I don’t think it should go less than twelve months », while the duration is currently 18 months as a general rule, declared Gabriel Attal on TF1.
Time worked and level of compensation
The head of government also mentioned the other two “ tracks » to reform unemployment insurance: namely to affect the minimum time that one must have worked to benefit from unemployment – currently six months in the last two years – and the “ level of unemployment compensation “. The latter “ 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 doing. “, he added. “ My objective is not to attack a particular individual or the unemployed, it is to move a system to encourage more people to return to work. », Said the Prime Minister.
Work accident
On the issue of work, the Prime Minister also announced “ a great initiative ” For “ better prevent accidents at work ” And “ improve the quality of life at work, particularly for those who have the most arduous 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.