New for cross-border job seekers: a draft decree will tighten compensation rules. French people without a profession will have to be more flexible about the jobs offered in France, particularly with regard to salary.
The executive announced its draft decree aimed at toughening compensation rules for cross-border unemployed workers, presented on January 11 by the Ministry of Labor.
These are targeted because they tended to abandon certain reasonable job offers (ORE) in favor of others, for example abroad, which offered higher remuneration. Their goal is often to benefit from greater purchasing power in France, while working on the other side of the border.
The government does not deny that these cross-border workers are essential to the economic health of the country and will not fight against the possibility offered to them to practice their profession abroad. The objective of the French State, however, is to offer suitable job offers based on their profile. If they refuse an ERO, they will be likely to see their unemployment benefit cut.
When they are inactive in the job market, these French people tend to be more patient in finding a job again, like the world study. They actually consume their right at 41% compared to 37% on the national average. It is also estimated that these people are responsible for a deficit of 800 million euros in unemployment insurance.
Until now, the ERO took into consideration not only the remuneration paid in France, but also in foreign areas which concern these cross-border job seekers.
A few weeks before this announcement, the government had already set the tone by signing an agreement on unemployment insurance, which aimed to strengthen its compensation system for cross-border job seekers.
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