government on minefield

Achieving full employment, at 5%. This is the government’s objective between now and the end of the five-year term. While the bill, aimed at extending the rules of the 2019 unemployment insurance reform until the end of 2023, was presented this Wednesday in the Council of Ministers, the member of the government announced for several weeks his wish to implement a new provision aimed at modulating the allowances of job seekers according to the economic trends of the country. “It will be a question of softeningthe rules for compensation when the economy is good and to better protect the unemployed when things are bad“Said Olivier Dussopt at the end of August on the sidelines of the Universities of Medef. Promise of candidate Emmanuel Macron, this reform, inspired by Canadaaims to encourage the unemployed to accept job offers that do not find takers: “We cannot have 7.4% unemployment and hear business leaders say they have difficulty recruiting“added the minister. According to figures from Dares, more than 350,000 offers were still vacant in the second quarter of 2022.