Even relaxed, the reform ofunemployment insurance will force the unemployed to tighten their belts, unions say. In question, the new calculation of the allowances which will come into force next July. In total, 830,000 benefit recipients are concerned, i.e. 4 out of 10 benefit recipients whose benefits would decrease by 22% on average. “All the same, this results in extremely significant reductions in rights for some unemployed people. When we see the current difficulties, the rise in precariousness, it is certainly not the time to lower the rights of the unemployed.“, explains Marylise Léon, deputy general secretary of the CFDT.
According to the Minister of Labor, Elisabeth Borne, job seekers will not be harmed because a floor will limit the drop, benefits will be paid for longer. To be compensated, you will have to work 6 months out of 24 instead of 4 months out of 28 months. The allowances will be decreasing from the 7th month and not from the 9th. Two measures that will come into force only if unemployment drops.
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