Redundancy fund reform: backtracking on an angry decree

As of February 1, 2023, the decree on the reform of unemployment insurance will come into effect. An important point of this reform, the duration of pay will be established according to the state of the labor market: in short, when the situation is good with vacancies, we will see a tightening of conditions for pay. , and when, conversely, it is downgraded, the system will be more protective of job seekers.

One “more incentive system when the economy creates jobs”, according to Labor Minister Oliveri Dussopt. These modulations will only be applied in metropolitan France and will not concern intermittent performers, nor beneficiaries of a professional security contract.

This morning on France Info, Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne nevertheless returned to one of the points of the reform by announcing the revocation of the decree on the reduction of the duration of the indemnity. “I felt this point may not have been discussed enough, so we will withdraw it and bring this matter back into consultation in future Unemployment Insurance Rules. » Not totally stored in the closet, therefore, but temporarily set aside.

The decree, presented to the social partners just before Christmas, provided that in the event of an unemployment rate of less than 6%, the duration of the benefit for the unemployed would drop by 40%. A decree received particularly badly by the unions who have criticized both the content and the method, that of pass as nothing a change with important consequences for job seekers.

What does the unemployment insurance reform contain?

New subscribers to Pôle Emploi from next month will therefore see their pay period reduced by 25%, from 24 months to 18 months.

The reform provides that when the unemployment rate is less than 9% or when it does not progress by 0.8 points, the duration of the compensation is reduced by 25%. In case of passage above the 9% threshold.the current rules will apply again. These rules will apply until December 31, 2023.

A modulation that should allow you to coping with hiring pressures in certain sectors that are struggling to hire, he defends the government, which insists that our system will remain generous. Yet, in a context of inflation, this tightening does not bode well for the most precarious people and already far from employment.