the Medef proposal is “not on the agenda”, in line with Matignon | EUROtoday

The proposal from the French Business Movement (Medef) to create a everlasting contract (CDI) that may be terminated extra simply to fight youth unemployment “is not on the agenda” authorities work, Agence France-Presse (AFP) discovered from Matignon on Monday February 2.

“The Prime Minister’s priority is for the ongoing social partner negotiations on conventional terminations to be completed”added the identical supply. “The urgency is to land the negotiations. » Unions and employers began negotiations in January, at the request of the government, to seek 400 million savings on compensation for employees who have concluded a conventional termination. It is due to conclude at the end of February.

According to documents submitted to trade union organizations on Wednesday, during another meeting between employers and unions, Medef proposed the creation of a permanent contract “may be terminated without cause during the first years”with “increasing compensation in line with the employee’s seniority in the event of termination”. This thought aroused the wrath of the CGT and the UNEF scholar union on Saturday, which threatened a “massive mobilization” towards this employer request.

“Declaration of war”

This system is similar with the primary employment contract (CPE), created in 2006 by Dominique de Villepin then prime minister, which generated historic mobilization and led the federal government to eradicate it earlier than its software.

“As we celebrate this year the twentieth anniversary of the victory against the CPE, Medef dares to do it again” And “managed to do worse than the CPE, which had a two-year trial period”reacted the CGT in a press launch on Saturday. “It’s a declaration of war against young people and employees”added the boss of the CGT, Sophie Binet, on Monday on France 2, accusing the employers of not having “another horizon to offer young people than lifelong precariousness”.

The president of the National Rally, Jordan Bardella, noticed within the proposal a “levelling down” and proposed as a substitute to “significantly revalorize learning and manual knowledge”.

Contacted by AFP on Friday, Medef defined that for the second it was solely a matter of “feed the debate” to sort out the issue of younger individuals who don’t work, don’t research or don’t observe coaching.