Deputies and senators reached a compromise on Monday on a common version of the “full employment” bill, in which they reintroduced an article that lays the foundations for a public service for early childhood. The agreement between representatives of the two chambers, in a mixed commission, also confirmed new criticized requirements for RSA beneficiaries. The compromise must now be validated one last time by the National Assembly and the Senate for the bill to be definitively adopted.
“We have reached a good compromise that can satisfy all parties, without distorting the objective of the text,” one of the text’s rapporteurs before the Assembly, Paul Christophe (Horizons), told AFP.
The agreement provides, in particular, to reintroduce an article on childcare, adopted in the Senate but which had been deleted in the Assembly, to the great dismay of the executive, under the crossfire of the LR, LFI, RN, communist deputies and Liot. This article grants the municipalities the status of organizing authorities of this reception, with new obligations. “It will allow the implementation on the ground of the public service for early childhood,” the Minister of Solidarity, Aurore Bergé, told AFP.
The CMP agreed to an effective date of January 1, 2025 for these new obligations. Only for municipalities with more than 10,000 inhabitants, an early childhood relay will be established and will come into force later, in 2026.
“France work”
“The development of a multi-year plan on care for young children will only be mandatory for those with more than 10,000 inhabitants,” the Senate said in a press release. The senators also accepted that Pôle Emploi be renamed “France Travail”, a name change that they had deleted during the examination of the text. Around this operator, the bill provides for a reorganization of the public employment service network, to improve the exchange of information and strengthen support for people furthest from employment.
Despite a new wording, the agreement reinforces the criticized measure that provides for a minimum of 15 hours of weekly activities for all those registered on a future large list of job seekers, which now includes all RSA beneficiaries, but with a series of exceptions and possible adjustments. The vote on this compromise in the Senate is scheduled for November 9. The date for the Assembly has not yet been set.
Source: BFM TV
