They could be triggered from the loss of 30% of their turnover, against 50% today.
Affected by the fifth wave of Covid-19 and by the Omicron variant, will hotels, cafes and restaurants benefit from an extension of their state aid? Following a meeting on Monday with ministers Bruno Le Maire and Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, the 4 representative organizations of the sector declared that this project was on the table. Is in negotiationsa salary payment assistance mechanism that could be triggered from a 30% loss of turnover“, said the GNI, the GNC, the UMIH and the SNRTC in a joint press release.
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More specifically, the four unions have expressed their wish “to increase payroll coverage to 20%, at least for the months of December 2021 and January 2022“.
Arbitrations rendered soon
Currently, establishments under health restrictions can benefit from partial unemployment coverage without additional charges if they lose more than 65% of their turnover, and from coverage of their costs. fixed if their turnover has decreased by 50%. These thresholds were lowered in early January. They were previously set at 80% and 65% respectively.
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The reduction to 30% of losses has been demanded for several weeks by the HCR sector (hotels-cafés-restaurants). But it had been rejected by the Ministry of Economy earlier this month. To see if the executive has changed his mind since. “The government is currently studying this proposal and will make its arbitrations soon.“, underlined the professional organizations. Validation by Matignon is expected within 48 hours. According to the unions, Bercy has already proposed the establishment of “a review clause to assess the extension of the arrangements for the month of February if this proves necessary“.