In total, 55% of job offers posted on the France Travail platform are fraudulent, according to a study published by the CGT Chômeurs on 29 August.
A situation that “creates desperation among the precarious,” Pierre Garnodier, secretary general of the National Committee of Private and Precarious Workers (CNTPEP) of the CGT, told Humanité.
However, a study published by France Travail last January He pointed out a figure of 7% for job offers that do not comply with the legal framework published on its platform. A distorted report, according to Pierre Garnodier, who explains that the study was based on “2,500 offers verified by one of its agents and 2,500 offers from partners”, even though “80% of the offers contained on its site come from external partners and not just 50%.
“Fake” offers considered “illegal”
But why are these offers considered “illegal”? “The Labour Code states that all offers must strictly reflect the employment contract to be signed and not include any misleading information,” insists Pierre Garnodier. However, this is not the case for the majority of published offers. We can, for example, mention the promise of a fixed-term contract which gives way to an open-ended contract which “does not correspond to the reality of the signed contract.”
On the other hand, there are also offers that do not exist and that have not been withdrawn from France Travail.
“And finally, there are fraudulent offers, which are advertisements published by private companies with the aim of attracting precarious workers to apply for a job,” he continues. These are temporary employment agencies that advertise contracts of up to 18 months but in reality only offer a job for a few days.
Independent study required
To remedy this situation, Pierre Garnodier is calling for an independent study by the Directorate-General for Consumer Affairs, Competition and Fraud Control (DGCCRF). “Our aim is not to criticise France Travail or to demand its privatisation. On the contrary, we want to defend the public service,” he says, while demanding that “the right of France Travail’s private partners to publish so many ‘fake offers’ on their site be eliminated.”
In order for France Travail to be able to better clarify its advertisements, Pierre Garnodier announced that he wanted to contact the DGCCRF “again” next week. “At the moment, we have the impression that neither the DGCCRF nor the government wants to put an end to this phenomenon of false offers,” he concluded. “And it is a problem because we have a lot of people in precarious employment. We are victims of these false advertisements.”
Source: BFM TV
