A specific residence permit for shortage occupations. This is what the government wants to put in place to combat recruitment difficulties. This announcement was made this Wednesday, November 2 by the Ministers of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, and Labor, Olivier Dussopt.
The measure could concern many sectors, such as the restaurant industry, which are short of manpower. The Minister of Labor, Olivier Dussopt, announced that consultations will be opened “ from November to review the list of jobs in tension. At the restaurantLe Mesturet, in the 2e district of Paris, this announcement is seen as good news.
In this Parisian bistro, customers have been numerous in recent weeks. We therefore need people in the kitchen at a time when it is particularly difficult to recruit. Alain Fontaine is the owner of the restaurant. He chairs the French Association of Master Restorers (AFMR): ” Every year, we have a shortage of 100 000 jobs. And we went before the holidays of 2022 to 300 000! We are now at 200 000. So that’s a lot “, he notes.
There are recruitment difficulties while applications from immigrant workers are numerous. Behind the stove, Alesse Kado knows this situation well. This young cook from Cameroon took a long time to be regularized. According to him, the current administrative procedures are the only barrier to entering the profession: “In terms of papers, it was complicated, but accessing these jobs, no. They can’t regularize everyone, that’s clear! But all these young people who are committed, who want to train, it discourages”.
Close a restaurant due to lack of employees
The creation of a specific residence permit to facilitate their hiring would therefore be good news for everyone, says Alain Fontaine. ” This will first relieve the employees and relieve the employers. The sector needs it, since in some provinces they have been forced to close two days a week in the middle of a holiday. You realize, being forced to close for two days because you don’t have the employees to serve the customers. This lack of personnel affects many other sectors such as construction and agriculture, which are also in favor of this initiative.
It should be noted that this government proposal will be incorporated into the future immigration bill. The text will be studied first. in the Senate from next January “, indicated the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin, but the parliamentarians are already divided. LR deputies like Aurélien Pradié and Eric Ciotti, have expressed their reluctance on this future text of the law. Marine Le Pen speaks of ” a new name for a campaign to regularize illegal immigrants “. Conversely, for LFI deputy David Guiraud, this announcement is a blow ” totally political “because according to him, ” this device already exists “. ” Regularize all undocumented workers “, he insisted.
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