Towards an settlement between unions and employers on unemployment insurance coverage | EUROtoday

Common floor is rising, with out attaining unanimity. On Wednesday February 25, unions and employers reached a draft settlement which plans to cut back the length of unemployment compensation for folks whose contract ended following a traditional termination. At this stage, the eight organizations concerned within the negotiations haven’t but formally indicated whether or not they endorse it, their our bodies having till March 23 to resolve. However, it seems sure that Medef, the Confederation of Small and Medium Enterprises in addition to the Union of Local Businesses will give their imprimatur. As for worker representatives, the CFDT and the CFTC also needs to signal. Uncertainty prevails relating to FO, whereas the CFE-CGC and the CGT will most likely say no. But the federal government considers that there are sufficient actors in favor of compromise to conclude, proper now, that the method is fruitful: on the social community “congratulations to the social partners” For “the agreement reached [la veille] ».

The negotiation which ended on Wednesday responds to an order from the executive. In the fall of 2025, he invited unions and employers to revisit the rules governing the granting of unemployment benefit, ” notably “ those which concern individuals deprived of employment after a conventional termination (device through which a company manager and his employee cease their relationship by mutual consent). The power in place had also expressed the hope that these changes would generate ” at least “ 400 million euros in savings per year, while emphasizing that it would take “immediately its responsibilities” within the occasion of failure of discussions. In different phrases, the State would dictate its regulation, with the chance of painful measures for the unemployed. A prospect that now appears to be receding.

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