2024-10-02 18:47:15
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Astrid Panosyan-Bouvet, the new Minister of Labor and Employment, announces that negotiations will begin “on the basis of the agreement of November 2023”.
A slogan: convince the parties. Negotiations around unemployment insurance coverage will resume, “on the basis of the November 2023 agreement which was voted on, accepted, and signed by the three trade unions and by the employers” confirmed Astrid Panosyan-Bouvet, the new Minister of Labor and Employment called to franceinfo this Wednesday morning. A statement in line with the general policy statement of Michel Barnier, who indicated on Tuesday that the social partners are “Best to provide solutions”. The Prime Minister now calls to start new negotiations on unemployment insurance “in the coming weeks”.
Therefore negotiations will be opened on the basis of the 2023 agreement, defended by the Minister of Labor and Employment, Astrid Panosyan-Bouvet, as “the broadest supporter of social partners”. Edited by Gabriel Attal, it was suspended on May 30, so it seems well and truly served. It can only be revised if it is “Social partners want to come back to you”, assured Astrid Panosyan-Bouvet.
Competition reform
The reform of Gabriel Attal is certainly very contested by the parties. The law, which should have appeared on July 1, plans to reduce from December 1 the maximum payment period from 18 to 15 months for people under the age of 57. You will also have to have worked eight months in the past 20 months to receive compensation, compared to six months in the past 24 months currently. The government therefore plans to save 3.5 billion once its upgrade is successful.
If the LR is divided about this bill, the RN and the NFP have unanimously condemned the amendment and promised to cancel it in the event of victory in the legislative elections. Unions, for their part, have warned against the growing concern of unemployment, especially among young people and the elderly. The eight union confederations (CFDT, CGT, FO, CFE-CGC, CFTC, UNSA, Solidaires and FSU) protested in June in a joint press release. “The most useless, unjust and violent reform we have ever seen”. Sophie Binet, general secretary of the CGT, welcomed the suspension of the reform on May 30 and announced the color to AFP: “We now have to seriously abandon the unfair and violent reform that threatens to push more than a million workers into poverty.”
The November 2023 agreement, which is supposed to serve as a basis for negotiations, looks more promising. In particular, he plans to reduce unemployment rights to five working months, while MEDEF has accepted a reduction in employer contributions. Note, however, that the CGT has refused to sign the text, and that the CFE-CGC, the union of executives, has closed the door on negotiations.
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Other adjustments to be negotiated
Astrid Panosyan-Bouvet will double the number of social partners from this Wednesday. With a busy transaction system: “in parallel and in addition [de l’assurance-chômage]we need to work on the issue of the elderly and the development of pension reform”specifically the Minister of Labor and Employment.
He also called for a review of the contribution reductions on low incomes, in accordance with the report by economists Antoine Bozio and Etienne Wasmer, the final version of which will be presented this Thursday. Reductions in employer contributions are currently a reality at the minimum wage level, creating a “low-income trap” which slows down their progress and costs employers a lot. “When we are at the minimum wage, for the employer, it is 500 euros when you want to bring someone’s minimum wage by 100 euros”remember the minister. “We must be careful about sudden measures because we must not punish work either”however he explained.
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