Unemployment: Labor Minister Olivier Dussault ‘wants to speed up’ reforms

He wants “Act II labor market reform.” Labor Minister Olivier Dussault considered it necessary this Friday in an interview with Les Échos to “accelerate the implementation of the reforms undertaken” in order to avoid an increase in unemployment. Asked about the measures he is considering in the short term to avoid rising unemployment, the Labor Minister recalls introducing “four people to Parliament in one year.”

“For France, work (new name Pôle emploi from January 1) for example, we want to increase by 25% in the first half of 2024 the number of registrations for short-term and operational pre-employment training for job seekers,” an “effective” system that “we will simplify even further,” he points out in a special.

Doubling control

He “also wants us to at least double the number of job search screenings.” “Today there are 500,000 of them a year. We can focus and strengthen them on applicants who have undergone qualification training and would not accept a job that corresponds to the result,” the minister clarifies.

“When state and local government agencies fund training for occupations that are in short supply or in transition, without imposing that training, it is normal to increase oversight to ensure that once training is provided, there is an effective job search process. – says Olivier Dussopt.

In the longer term, in addition to postponing a possible agreement between unions and employers on the employment of older people, the Labor Secretary believes it will be necessary to “launch Act II, which will combine more training, more flexibility, more mobility, more anticipation, and when you You can simplify it, it’s better.”

If “it is too early to discuss specific measures, which, moreover, need to be agreed upon,” the minister believes that there is “a subject of simplification, including, in particular, the question of the timing of a judicial appeal in the event of dismissal.” Claiming that France has “one of the longest lead times in Europe” and that “this may slow down hiring,” he “want a sufficient period of time, but 12 months is too long.”