“It is the effect of ‘whatever the cost'”, welcomes the Minister of Labor

The Minister of Labor, Elisabeth Borne, reacted Thursday, October 28 on France Inter to the drop in unemployment figures: -5.5% of the number of category A unemployed in the third quarter in France (excluding Mayotte) compared to the previous quarter . For Elisabeth Borne, this decrease is due to “a record number of hires, more than 2.5 million hires on fixed-term contracts of more than one month or on permanent contracts”.

Minister of Labor welcomes “Good news, the measures put in place during the health crisis are bearing fruit. It is the effect of ‘whatever the cost'”. For her, hiring in the third quarter is a “record for 20 years”, “the level of unemployment has returned to that before the health crisis”.

Elisabeth Borne was also questioned about the implementation of the disputed reform of unemployment insurance. “Today the criteria are met since we had a high level of hiring”, she emphasizes. Result: two new measures planned as part of the reform of unemployment insurance will enter into force on 1 December.

Henceforth it will be necessary “work six months and no longer four to benefit from unemployment benefit” and “degression [des allocations] will apply from the sixth month and no longer the eighth month for wages of 4.5 Smic “, explains Elisabeth Borne. For the Minister, “At a time when the recovery is very dynamic, it is the moment to encourage work. This is the objective of the reform of unemployment insurance.”