The government “regret” And “take note” of “disagreement” between the social partners on the negotiations relating to the “pact for life at work”. As a result, it will set new unemployment insurance rules from July 1, the Ministry of Labor announced Monday April 22. The executive will take “a decree of deficiency” in order to “to contribute to the achievement of full employment and to promote the rapid return to employment of unemployed people receiving compensation”.
The rules which currently govern unemployment compensation expire on June 30. They were set by a previous deficiency decree taken by the government in 2019, already in the absence of an agreement between social partners. This expired at the end of 2023 but its validity was extended by six months by a “joining decree” while waiting for the new agreement to come into force.
Gabriel Attal announced in January that he wanted “go further in unemployment insurance reform”. The Prime Minister mentioned three levers to tighten the rules: the duration of compensation, the time worked necessary to be compensated and the amount of this compensation. While emphasizing that “the three possibilities [étaient] open”Gabriel Attal reiterated his preference for a toughening of the second option.