labor law: François Rebsamen tackle the text Myriam El Khomri – L’Express

“If I had yet rue de Grenelle, I would not have agreed to carry the bill in the state.” François Rebsamen does not mince words to judge the text carried by Myriam El Khomri, who took his succession to the Ministry of Labour. While the revised version of the bill began on Tuesday his parliamentary term the Committee on Social Affairs of the National Assembly, the former minister believes that “corrections of good quality” have been made but considers “still needed” developments, in an interview with Echos.

More work to “rebalance” the text

the first version of text was “unbalanced, with too much flexibility for companies and not enough guarantees for employees,” says PS mayor of Dijon, usually on a social Democratic assertive line. According to him, the changes that were made to the text, including the removal of the cap prud’homales indemnities in favor of an indicative scale, allowed the “rebalancing”.

However, François Rebsamen believes that developments “still seem necessary.” He cited in particular the grounds of redundancy. “Four consecutive quarters of decline in revenues is insufficient to describe real economic difficulty. Six quarters would be more appropriate,” he considers. He also wants the scope of appreciation of the difficulties of a group is not reduced solely to its French subsidiaries. “We should at least take into account the European area”.

“Do not expect miracles”

The former minister also believes that parliamentarians should “take over” the account personnel activity (CPA) -which will bring together, from 2017, the training staff account (CPF), the arduousness account (C3P) and a new “account citizen engagement” – to “go further”. He advocates “to secure career paths throughout life, creating a ‘contract entrance into active life’ which is open to all, from the first use.”

Anyway, on the impact on employment of this text, François Rebsamen is also scathing towards François Hollande as towards the minister. He considers that “it should not expect miracles” and he will have “no significant impact before the end of the five-year period.” “It’s more a labor law that employment law. What has the most impact on employment, it’s still, whatever one thinks, growth,” adds François Rebsamen. “This is the backlog that creates hiring.”