Agreement between French employers and unions to reduce unemployment compensation for cross-border workers

Published on November 15, 2024 at 10:14. / Modified on November 15, 2024 at 4:17 p.m.

French employers and unions finally reached an agreement Thursday evening on new rules concerning unemployment insurance. An agreement welcomed by the government which asked them to find 400 million euros in savings per year. This file carried by the Macronists at the time had been pending since their electoral defeat. The basic objective was to encourage more unemployed French people to return to work. An approach in line with the President of the Republic’s plan to fight against professions in tension and above all to achieve “full employment” in order to revive growth, the heart of his economic project. In the meantime, soaring public deficits and the budgetary crisis also imposed the idea that much more savings had to be found. In any case, this is the stated desire of the new government of Michel Barnier, in virtual cohabitation with Emmanuel Macron.

And, surprise, in order to make savings on unemployment insurance, French employers and trade unionists have agreed to propose in particular… reducing compensation for unemployed cross-border workers who have worked in Switzerland (as well as in Luxembourg, Germany and in Belgium).

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