For several months, the executive has been increasing warnings about a possible further tightening of compensation rules.
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They call for “stop the populist stigmatization of the unemployed”. In a column published Monday March 18 in The world, the leaders of the five major trade union centers have called on the government to abandon a new reform of unemployment insurance. For several months, the executive has been increasing warnings about a possible further tightening of compensation rules. The Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire, pleaded Monday on France Inter for a reform of the “duration”, already reduced from 24 to 18 months during the previous reform, but not of “amount of compensation”.
“While the unemployment insurance negotiation ended less than three months ago, the government has already announced a new reform to toughen its effects. This would be the fifth since 2017”denounce Sophie Binet (CGT), Cyril Chabanier (CFTC), François Hommeril (CFE-CGC), Marylise Léon (CFDT) and Frédéric Souillot (FO) in this forum. “At a time when simplification is fashionable, it is clear that this principle does not apply to job seekers, whose rights are increasingly illegible”they write.
“The multiple reforms combined have caused the average amount of benefits to plunge by 17% compared to 2019 and the duration of compensation by 25%”underline union officials, who call “solemnly the government to renounce this budgetary reform which will once again reduce unemployment insurance rights and eliminate the ASS”the Specific Solidarity Allowance. “To revive the economy and domestic demand, businesses must better share the wealth created”they add, judging that“we must finally invest in training, skills and qualifications”.
