the government will make employees pay at least 10% of the cost of training, starting this year

2024-02-19 13:54:45

By Le Figaro with AFP

Published 4 hours ago, Updated 5 minutes ago

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Employees will be exempt “if the employer contributes in the event of insufficient balance”, as will unemployed people. A decree must be issued in April.

The Minister Delegate in charge of Public Accounts, Thomas Cazenave, announced Monday the establishment from 2024 of a flat-rate contribution for employees to the personal training account (CPF), as part of of the 10 billion additional savings planned this year. “This flat-rate contribution will be implemented this year, which will allow us to generate 200 million euros in savings out of a total of 2 billion”he declared to the press, referring to a measure «juste» et “necessary” in a difficult context for public finances.

«The amount of this co-payment has not yet been decided, specifies Bercy at Figaro, but it is intended to be at least 10% of the cost of training.»Employees will be exempt “if the employer contributes in the event of an insufficient balance”, as do unemployed people. A decree to this effect is planned for April, the Ministry of the Economy and Finance was also told.

The government has revised downwards, from 1.4% to 1%, its growth forecast for 2024 and revealed 10 billion additional savings to meet its ambition to reduce the public deficit at 4.4% of GDP this year. Intervening in a geopolitical context and a virtual stagnation of the European economy, this new blow comes in addition to the 16 billion savings already included in the budget for 2024, consisting of mainly in the removal of the tariff shield in energy.

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The State must “tighten its belt”

“The economic slowdown is the price to pay for victory against inflation”, estimated the Minister of Economy and Finance, Bruno Le Maire, referring to the high interest rates decided by the European Central Bank (ECB) to combat overheating prices. Faced with tax revenues lower than expected, “We asked the state to tighten its belt. And we made the choice not to touch the social security budget or not to touch the budget of local authorities.”he continued.

Half of the savings, or five billion euros, will have to be found in the operating budget of the ministries. For example, 700 million euros of savings will come from lower personnel costs, in particular the delay in recruitment, and 750 million from a reduction in state purchases, a detailed his colleague Thomas Cazenave. The rest of the savings will be based in particular on a reduction of 800 million euros in public development aid or the limitation of the Green Fund to 100 million euros.

Thomas Cazenave also cited the review of certain public policies. In addition to the CPF and a reduction of one billion in the envelope for aid for energy renovation MaPrimeRénov’, he mentioned the revision of the support amounts for apprenticeship contracts (200 million). The decree to cancel these 10 billion euros of credit must be taken this week. Another decree must specify the modalities for the CPF in April.