the government wants to “avoid” the return of partial unemployment, according to Roland Lescure

Does the government intend to give reason to the CFDT, which asks it to reactivate the partial unemployment schemes? “The objective is on the contrary to avoid that“, replied the Minister Delegate for Industry, Roland Lescure, invited Monday, September 5 on franceinfo.

In the midst of the energy crisis, “it will be necessary to reactivate the support systems for workers, in particular in terms of partial unemployment and partial unemployment covered at 100%, because they are in no way responsible for the situation“, declared the secretary general of the union, Laurent Berger Friday on franceinfo.

“We will look at the special cases“, as “the glassmakers“, who “are in an extremely special situation” and “face a very sharp rise in the price of energy“says Roland Lescure, who cites the examples of the Arc and Duralex companies. The first has placed some of its employees on partial unemployment. The second will put its oven on standby for at least four months and place all of its employees on partial unemployment, starting in November.”We are looking at exactly how we can help these companies get through the winter in an alternative way“partially unemployed.

“Partial unemployment, for us, it must be the last possibility, we will try to avoid it, and I can tell you that we are doing everything for”

Roland Lescure, Minister for Industry

on franceinfo

The Minister thus “talked to CEOs“d’Arc and Duralex.”What we do is we look at whether there are alternatives, in particular the substitution of energy sources“, indicates the minister. The track of a “replacement of extremely expensive gas by other energy sources“, is particularly explored.