Unemployment of cross-border workers: Switzerland must pay, says a French elected official

Tuesday 17th December 2024 03:55 AM

ThoseUnemployment of cross-border workers –

Switzerland must pay all contributions, suggests a French senator

In a report, Haute-Savoie senator Cyril Pellevat calls on Paris to negotiate with Bern so that contributions are returned to France in full.

Published today at 05:00

For Cyril Pellevat, senator from Haute-Savoie, it is in Switzerland’s economic interest to have unemployed cross-border workers who are better compensated in France.

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At the beginning of the month, cross-border workers residing in France and working in Switzerland, Luxembourg, Germany or Belgium breathed a sigh of relief: the French Ministry of Labor announced thathe gave up on reforming unemployment compensation for these workers. One of the options considered was to drastically reduce the amount of their expensive allowances. This measure was to come into force from 1^is January 2025. But the authorities ultimately considered that it would be unconstitutional and contrary to European Union law.