Unemployment Insurance: Government to unveil future compensation rules this Monday

Counter-cyclicality, the new word in bingo for Scrabble players? This is the principle that should now govern unemployment insurance: tighter compensation rules when things are going well in the labor market, stronger worker protection when the situation is bad, as in Canada.

Labor and Full Employment Minister Olivier Dussaud is due to reveal “selected arbitrations” to the social partners in the morning, following consultations that began in October and the final vote on Labor Law 2 last week. What will these compromises be? “We are not going to compensate less, we will work on the duration of the compensation”, keeping the “gender”, confirmed Olivier Dusseau on Sunday during the Grand Rendez-vous Europe 1-CNews-“Les Échos”.

The government also refused to change the rules according to the local employment situation, which is too difficult to implement. Non-permanent performers or overseas performers will also not be affected.

The conditions for access to compensation, i.e. the fact of working for six months in a reporting period of 24 months, will also not change. The government “will not reduce the number of people eligible for discovery eligibility for unemployment insurance,” the minister assured. “We will not touch upon the amount of compensation, since at 57% of the last salary they are on average in Europe, only the duration of compensation will vary,” the minister confirmed.

Appeal Nupes

Thus, after a minimum of 6 months, the duration of compensation will vary depending on the level of unemployment. The criterion for assessing the situation on the labor market should be the dynamics of the unemployment rate, as defined by the International Labor Office.

Today, the duration of compensation is applied in accordance with the principle of one day worked, one day of compensation, a maximum of 24 months for persons under 53 years of age, 30 months for persons aged 53-54 years and 36 months for persons aged 55 and over. . Olivier Dusseau is due to announce this Monday a coefficient that will shorten the duration of the compensation.

While many companies are unable to find candidates for vacant positions, management wants to make this reform the cornerstone of its strategy to achieve full employment in 2027, that is, an unemployment rate of about 5%. Arbitrations announced this morning should be the subject of a decree, unless Nupes’ appeal to the Constitutional Council deprives the government of such an opportunity.

The reform should apply from February 1 next year for all new unemployed and show its first effects from August 1.