Ophelie Artaud
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09:09, August 26, 2022
As discussions begin between the government and the unions around unemployment insurance, Frédéric Souillot, secretary general of Force Ouvrière, returned to the subject at the microphone of Europe 1 this Friday. According to him, “the government is making a forced law because it did not solicit the social interlocutors in time.”
Negotiations around the unemployment insurance reform begin this Friday. The Ministry of Labor will receive the various trade unions and employers’ organizations. If the government will exchange with them, it should also stick to its positions. The government wants the new unemployment insurance rules to follow the state of the labor market and insists in particular on the fact that it is necessary “to encourage people to return to work when the economy is doing well. “, by tightening the rules.
If the law does not pass “on November 1, 2.2 million unemployed will no longer be compensated”
Guest of Europe 1 this Friday, Frédéric Souillot, secretary general of Force Ouvrière considers that “today the government is obliged to pass by law to extend the unemployment insurance decree released in 2019, because if it has nothing to extend to October 31, to November 1, 2.2 million unemployed will no longer be compensated”, he recalled. “The government is making a forced law because it did not request the social partners in time, when it had until June 16 to do so.”
Discussions which take place while the number of job seekers in category A increased in July, with 20,300 additional people. For Frédéric Souillot, the fact that the government opens these discussions so late is a real problem. “If you are told that in a month you will no longer be paid, when you have already lost your job and you are in precarious conditions and you have to continue to feed your family and pay your rent, how are you react?” he insisted.