Gabriel Attal was the guest of the TF1 news this Wednesday March 27. The Prime Minister mentioned numerous avenues concerning work and the right to unemployment. The head of government also detailed his flagship project: the 4-day week in business.
It was eagerly awaited this Wednesday evening. Gabriel Attal was the guest of TF1’s 8 p.m. Television News on March 27. The Prime Minister stayed for thirty minutes and was questioned on many essential points for the French. The government is looking for savings after the deficit slipst public to 5.5% of GDP in 2023. The goal is therefore to be able to make up for this loss.
But the youngest prime minister in the history of the Fifth Republic did not make huge announcements since most of the expected measures are still under discussion on the social services side. On unemployment insurance, Gabriel Attal explained that there will be a reform “during this year“. “One of the options is to reduce the duration of compensation, but not under twelve months“, he announced.
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An unemployment reform coming into force in the fall?
Currently a French person can receive compensation for eighteen months. Still regarding unemployment, he mentioned the working time necessary to benefit from aid of France Travail. “Here too, we can imagine either saying we need to work more over the last 24 months, or saying that the six months are assessed over a shorter period, which is no longer 24 months but, for example, 18 months.“, he added.
The parameters around this reform are desired for the summer so that it comes into force in the fall. The head of government also gave some additional information on one of his first wishes since he took up his new position on February 8, 2024: 4 day week. The Prime Minister will not “reduce working time“ of the French, already one of the weakest in Europe.
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An initiative already tested in France
“There are public officials who say they want to work their hours over four days rather than five,” he explains. He therefore wants “allow those who wish“not to be restricted to the 35-hour weekto bring “flexibility” in this area. The desire in particular for the latter is to help employees, who do not have the possibility of accessing teleworking, to also be able to stay one more day per week at home.
Flexibility based on a voluntary basis which would free up time to take care of children for single-parent families, for example. The condensed 4-day formula has already been tested in several voluntary companies and will be further developed in the coming months. Gabriel Attal also wants improve the quality of life at work and reduce the number of accidents which is still too high in France.
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