Unions and employers launch negotiations on brief contracts | EUROtoday

Finally, the assembly passed off, which constitutes – nearly – a small occasion. On Wednesday January 28, unions and employers met to start negotiations on short-term employment contracts. Several protagonists, together with the three employer actions, had warned that they’d defect if the federal government didn’t meet a few of their expectations, forward of this time of dialogue. The Prime Minister, Sébastien Lecornu, having given them satisfaction by means of a letter despatched the earlier night time, the social actors had been capable of launch the talks.

Wednesday afternoon’s assembly is a part of a convoluted collection, linked to unemployment insurance coverage. In November 2024, representatives of staff and enterprise leaders, who handle the jobseekers’ compensation system by means of the joint affiliation Unédic, reached an settlement redefining the foundations of the system.

A number of months later, they reached one other compromise, devoted – this time – to the bonus-malus. This mechanism consists of modulating unemployment insurance coverage contributions in keeping with the frequency with which a boss separates from his colleagues: thus, an organization, which hires employees by multiplying fixed-term contracts and momentary missions, is prone to have the best contribution charge utilized, whereas one whose workforce is secure pays much less. On this technique, the unions and employers discovered, in May 2025, frequent floor, which supplies, amongst different issues, for added negotiations to be carried out subsequently on brief contracts.

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