New sharp rise in unemployment in April – Liberation

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The largest increase than expected economic growth in the first quarter (+ 0.6%) was not enough to reduce unemployment. In April, the number of job seekers without any activity (category A) increased by 26 200 people. Forgotten decline in January, which was then congratulated the Minister of Labour, François Rebsamen. Since the beginning of the year, the number of unemployed increased by more than 35 000. And France now has a record peak of 3.536 million job seekers (3,794,900 with Dom), a figure up 0.7% over one month and 5.1% year on year. This is even the largest monthly increase since January.

Considering the Class B and C, the increase was even greater (54 100 people), for a total of 5344 600 registered in all three categories (5,645,000 with Dom). The young are not spared: the number of jobseekers under 25 increased by 0.8% in April, higher than the overall workforce

Sign of the. concern that reigns atop the state: the Minister of Labour, François Rebsamen, announced Monday the funding of 100 000 additional subsidized jobs for 2015. A decision apparently taken into emergency Monday morning

. the executive, this new increase is indeed a real cold shower. Even Rebsamen, whose employees have the gift each month to make scholars and obscure calculations to find an average over X months would bring out a slightly positive figure, seems to have given up. “Our employment policy helped to limit the effects of the crisis for many French” , simply wrote François Rebsamen in its monthly statement. But promised, it will go down. Car “it takes a period of several months before the resumption of the activity does not result in hiring” , says the minister, who promises to “accompany the return to growth by removing remaining obstacles to recruitment “. This is the challenge of bilateral meetings held on Monday and Tuesday between Prime Minister and the social partners: relax a little the Labor Code, hoping that businesses play – finally – the game CICE (credit Tax competitiveness employment) and the responsibility pact.