Supposed to respond to record unemployment, the draft law reforming the labor law was introduced, Thursday 24 March the Council of Ministers, important step in a turbulent route, which is marked by a new mobilization of youth and unions. Prime Minister Manuel Valls boasts an “intelligent, bold and necessary” reform, which must respond to the mass unemployment (3.5 million unemployed) “to which our country has become accustomed too long.”
“This is a real boost, a new impetus for social democracy in our country,”, meanwhile, said Labour Minister Myriam El Khomri, at the exit of the Cabinet . “This text walking on two legs, it is balanced,” added the minister. It offers “both new flexibility to companies to improve the competitiveness of our economy, and then new protections, new rights for employees.”
text , which will be considered at from April to the national Assembly, includes new rights, including the personal account activity (CPA), increased union means or the extension of the youth guarantee. It also sets up a referendum in business, is changing the rules of the employer’s representative, the redundancy or occupational medicine. It completely rewritten the part of the Labour Code on working time, giving more space to the company agreement.
His goal? “Giving the social dialogue a more important role in the definition of social rules for the country to finally move from a culture of confrontation to a culture of compromise and negotiation,” said the memorandum.
last reform of the five-year period?
This reform, probably the last of the five-year period, has been partially rewritten after the political uproar, union, but also young, who saw it as too liberal text and little safe for the employee.
Faced with strikes, demonstrations, petition for a record (a million signatures in two weeks), an incendiary forum Martine Aubry ( “enough is too much”) PS meetings and electric, were removed from the text some particularly criticized provisions.
Now there is no question of capping the industrial tribunal for unfair dismissal compensation, to the chagrin of employers, or authorize unilateral decisions of the employer, without agreement, in companies with fewer than 50 employees for the day-fee or penalty payments.
These changes have allowed the Executive to obtain the invaluable support so-called unions “reformist” (CFDT, CFE-CGC, CFTC, UNSA) and of the majority.
But the slingers, who promise “an extremely firm parliamentary battle”, just presented an “against-reform,” when the “reformists” are counting on further improvements, including the section on redundancies, rewritten margin.
in addition, seven unions are still demanding the outright withdrawal of a text which “continues to diminish the rights of wage earners and increasing insecurity, especially young people.” The CGT, FO, FSU, Solidaires, UNEF, UNL Fidl and called for a new mobilization on Thursday as the French (58%) continue to oppose this reform, according to a poll ViaVoice published Thursday.
Protest at 12:30 at Montparnasse
the main building of Sciences Po Paris was blocked Thursday morning, according to several sources as several high schools, according to the organization UNL high school.
in Paris, an event has to leave at 12:30 from Montparnasse to Invalides to say that “the creation of quality jobs can not be synonymous with the case of the labor code.” Other events are planned in the student cities, said Eric Beynel, spokesperson for Solidarity.
The same organizations are calling for strikes and demonstrations throughout France on 31 March. A similar call had collected tens of thousands of people on 9 March, originally scheduled date of the passage of text in the Council of Ministers.
And to further complicate the task of the executive, whether the employers seemed acquired to the original version, he sharply criticized the new, which does nothing for SOHO-SME, he said.
Sept employers’ organizations, including the MEDEF, CGPME and FNSEA, Tuesday launched a “solemn appeal” to the Prime Minister so that the text, which is “not acceptable as is”, “returns to its original objective: create jobs.” And they intend to weigh on the parliamentary debate.
The text will be examined by the Social Affairs Committee of the National Assembly from April 5 and then to Parliament late April-early May.
(With AFP)
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