2023-08-28 06:59:09
The government is considering putting water in its wine on the issue of work stoppages. After hinting that he could transfer part of the cost of compensation for these Social Security judgments to companies, Bercy is now considering pushing employers and trade unions to open negotiations on this subject.
“We are rather on the idea of launching real work with the social partners”, declared Sunday the Minister of Health, Aurélien Rousseau, questioned on LCI on the soaring cost of work stoppages. “It would not be bad to have the social partners negotiate”, we say at Bercy.
If this option were chosen, the government would give up saving on compensation for work stoppages from the 2024 budget which will be presented at the end of September. Failing to free up financial leeway, he would thus avoid a fight with companies and would not have to defend measures that are a priori unpopular with public opinion.
Worsening despite the end of the pandemic
However, in the spring, the executive sounded the alarm on the bill for daily allowances paid by Health Insurance to employees to limit their loss of income when they are forced to stop working. The cost of these indemnities increased by 8% between 2021 and 2022 to
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