2024-09-06 05:14:14
The new Prime Minister defends a leading position on unemployment.
White smoke finally came out of the Elysée. And with it, an unexpected name: that of Michel Barnier. This former minister under François Mitterrand, Jacques Chirac and Nicolas Sarkozy, who is now 73 years old, is now the new Prime Minister. It is almost unknown to everyone, unless you actively follow politics, this member of the Republican Party will settle in Matignon and form a government, with the aim of restarting many issues, including that of unemployment.
A thorn on which Gabriel Attal’s successor had already taken the position in the past. And the least we can say is that its guiding principle is not to facilitate getting help in the event of job loss. The former Brexit negotiator said he wanted to “protect France, not allow some to take over our social system.”
This comment in 2021 by Michel Barnier, when looking for the choice of LR to be a candidate in the presidential election 2022 in his program, the septuagenarian has developed a surprising proposal: in the system of eliminating unemployment benefits after two rejections of skilled work. supply. Then it was one of his flag reforms to “discover the honor of work.”
The opinion of the former MEP was, in part, accepted by Emmanuel Macron and the previous government. From January 1, 2024, unemployment rights are cut if, after a permanent contract or a temporary assignment, a person rejects, in a period of one year, two permanent contracts of work conditions ( salary, working hours, position, missions) , etc.) are strictly similar to your last job.
His position is likely to appeal to the mayor because further strengthening of unemployment laws is scheduled for the end of the year. From December 1, it is expected that you will need to have worked 8 months in the last 20 to receive an income from France Travail, compared to 6 months in the last 24 currently. Also, the maximum period of compensation should be reduced from 18 to 15 months for those under 57 years of age.
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