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The partners (unions and employee organisations) meet every three years and agree on a new accord which primarily sets out the contributions assigned to the unemployment insurance scheme and the benefits to be paid to claimants for the next 3 years. Once the partners agree the government must pass an act of parliament to give it the force of law.
The French government is planning to shorten the period people can claim unemployment benefits in order to strengthen incentives to work, Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said in an interview ...
PARIS (Reuters) - France is planning to toughen unemployment rules by restricting the period when jobless citizens receive welfare payments, Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said on Wednesday.
France's unemployment rate decreased to its lowest level in a decade this summer, at 8.5%, but still remains among the highest in the European Union. Here is a look at the main labor market ...
The employment risk. It consists of unemployment benefits, aid to reinsertion and professional rehabilitation, and early retirement, accounting for 7% of benefits. The risk of poverty and exclusion. It is taken in charge by 80% by the minimum income (RMI), and accounts for 2% of benefits.
On 22 December 2004, the French Parliament extended the maximum number of overtime hours per year from 180 to 220 under the Fallon laws. The reforms also reduced the payroll tax cuts given to companies that implemented the 35-hour workweek. [2] On 31 March 2005, another law extended the possibilities of overtime hours. [citation needed]
On December 18, 2023, it has been renamed to France Travail. The name change was effective on January 1, 2024. [4] Since then, France Travail has a single phone number (39.49) to get information on registration and benefits. There is also a single web page (pole-emploi.fr, now redirected to francetravail.fr).
[2] Although the initial programme applied only to workers over the age of 25, "La loi de finances pour 2010 (article 135)" [ 3 ] extended benefits to young people aged 18 to 25 who have worked the equivalent of at least two years over the preceding three calendar years.