Representatives of the five representative union organizations will go to the National Assembly on Tuesday to defend a proposal by the Liot group, which seeks to prevent the Government from reviewing the duration of unemployment compensation through a simple decree. The opposition Liot group hopes to attract the leaders of the trade union organizations (CFDT, CGT, CFE-CGC, FO, CFTC). Sophie Binet (CGT) and Marylise Léon (CFDT) will be present, both unions learned from AFP.
“If the unemployment insurance system must be fair and effective, it cannot be considered the only instrument of employment policy, and even less so as a budgetary adjustment variable,” defend the deputies who signed the text, highlighted by Martine Froger (Ariège).
It will be included in the agenda of the National Assembly in the hemicycle on June 13, during Liot’s parliamentary session, during which the group will be able to present its proposals for discussion.
The Liot group’s text aims to rewrite the Labor Code to avoid reforms
In this way, the bill could be studied in committee the previous week, just before the European elections on June 9. The text aims to rewrite the Labor Code, eliminate the possibility for the government to modify by decree the duration of the payment of unemployment benefits and confirm that it cannot be less than 6 months nor greater than a duration fixed by an agreement between the employer organization. and union (currently between 18 and 27 months depending on age).
A political response to the announcements planned by the government, which aims to tighten these rules to encourage the resumption of activity. Gabriel Attal was due to present his arbitrations this week, but the situation in New Caledonia led him to postpone this announcement.
The Ministry of Labor had already announced that the new compensation rules would be defined by “a deficiency decree” that would come into force on July 1, due to the lack of agreement between the social partners on life at work and employment of older people. Froger’s text also proposes ending the countercyclical principle introduced in 2023, which reduced the duration of compensation by 25% for new beneficiaries due to the lasting drop in the unemployment rate below 9% (currently 7 ,5%).
It also proposes ending “framework letters”, roadmaps sent by the government before negotiations on unemployment insurance, to replace them with less restrictive guidance documents.
Source: BFM TV
