The president of the National Group, Jordan Bardella, declared on Monday “in favor” of moving to three days of waiting, instead of one currently, in public service during sick leave, a measure considered on the contrary “scandalous ” by the Coordinator of France Insoumise Manuel Bompard.
“I am in favor of this adjustment between officials and employees of the private sector with one condition: that the potential 900 million euros that would be saved (…) can be used to finance measures in favor of the purchase of energy,” declared the leader frontist on France 2.
“A scandalous way” for Bompard
For his part, the rebel Manuel Bompard denounced in France Inter a “scandalous way of trying to save money by accusing officials”, believing that it would be better to “fight against the reasons for suffering at work.”
The parliamentarian stated that working conditions in the public service “have deteriorated greatly in recent years, because there are not enough positions.”
While the Social Security financing bill for 2025 begins to be examined on Monday in the General Assembly, the Government proposed on Sunday afternoon to go from one to three days of waiting and to pay worse for civil servants’ sick leave. going from 100% of the salary. paid at 90%, to recover a total of just over one billion euros.
Chenu “a little doubtful”
Manuel Bompard denounced inequality between public and private sector employees, indicating that in 75% of cases, companies’ provident funds cover waiting days in the private sector. The rebel MP even spoke out in favor of imposing a one-day waiting period for all employees, both public and private.
The vice-president of the RN, Sébastien Chenu, expressed to RTL his doubts about the “method”. “It is a path that must be studied carefully,” he assured and said that he had “a little doubt about the financing, that is, about what it would contribute.”
In the field of the government coalition we defend an effective measure to fight against absenteeism that “destabilizes public services.”
“In 2018, when we created an absence day, we saw that short-term absenteeism in National Education had decreased by almost 25%,” explained Ensemble pour la République (EPR) deputy Frédéric on TF1. “It has a very clear impact,” continued the president of the Social Affairs Commission.
Source: BFM TV
