A social conference for nothing at Rebsamen – BBC

The agreement on securing employment will not be evaluated until mid-May by the social partners.

There will be no major reform of the labor market in the coming months. “The law of securing employment is a good law, based on a good deal,” indeed said Friday the Minister of Labour, fence thematic social conference on the subject. Unions and employer representatives were indeed invited to assess the agreement in early 2013 on securing employment – then transposed into law – to lay the foundations of “flexicurity French”. At the end of the Rue de Grenelle meeting, all agreed on a positive note: the law allowed that social dialogue works more calmly in companies. Evidenced by the number of social plans approved by the agreements (61%) and lack of challenge in the courts (8% against 25% before the law). Other tools introduced by the law did not, however, meet the same consensus. “The balance sheets are contradictory,” said Jean-Claude Mailly of FO.

question, including the taxation of short contracts that has not had the desired effect on limiting their use. “87% of new hires are still in CSD,” said Jean-François Pilliard MEDEF which however not despair “find a solution for the CDI remains the rule and the exception CSD.” For the CFE-CGC, this is too rare presence of employees in boards that problem. Its president, Carole Couvert, would extend this requirement to over 1,000 employees.

Decline on the CDI

As for the “offensive” agreements on wages and working hours claimed by representatives of employers, the union executives do not want to hear: “With the maintenance of employment agreements and the provisions on part-time, the tools exist to flexibility,” he says .

Side reform of the employment contract, the MEDEF and the CGPME are sure to rely on the agenda in the coming weeks, “it is abandoned,” says the CFDT, which as other unions, is pleased that this issue has not been discussed. Laurent Berger will, however, took the opportunity to advance his idea of ​​merging the various existing portable devices (employment, training, social protection and unemployment benefits) in a single device.

“Take stock of 35 hours “

completing dissonances, CGT deplored” that we want to have to move on before you have finished evaluating. ” Philippe Martinez position remains unchanged: “We ask that we speak of the purchasing power of the wage increase and that we make a record of 35 hours. Our goal is to go to 32 hours, “he repeated. He also will repeat Thursday, April 9, during the general strike in which he called a FP.

Now Participants will meet again in mid-May, after further evaluation. “At the end of this work, we will examine all legislative or regulatory fixes that might be needed,” promised François Rebsamen and Emmanuel Macron. In June, a new thematic conference will address employment in SMEs. The reform of the labor market is decidedly not for tomorrow