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    • 13/05/2016 at 18:34
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Whit Monday has become, since 2004, one day not a holiday like no other. worked day and nonworking day
 Solidarity Day? Many people have trouble knowing where to turn. 20 Minutes returns to this administrative headache that has evolved several times during the last twelve years

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The 2003 heat wave, trigger

In 2003, a heat wave descends on Europe and causes the death of 15,000 people – mostly elderly – in France. In response, the time the authorities decided to establish a “national day for the benefit of elderly and disabled people.” Whit Monday then becomes, according to law, not a general holiday which is to finance “actions in favor of the autonomy of elderly or disabled people,” reads the official website of the Ministry of Labour.

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Since 2008, the day of solidarity can be placed any time of the year

Widely contested, the day of solidarity of the Whit Monday has been many strikes, particularly during its first year in 2005. Before his unpopularity, the authorities in place to time decide to terminate this day in its original form. Thus, the day of solidarity can be placed any time of the year, and is secured by company agreements, institutions, or branches. Finally, since 2008, Whit Monday recovered his busy character. So eight years Whit Monday and Solidarity Day officially have nothing to do with each other.



How companies manage Whit Monday?

Faced with the changes and administrative niceties including the solidarity day, big business, better structured and advised, much better run this time of year than SMEs. The testimony of a Randstad branch in Bordeaux sums up the situation: “The speech seems slightly clearer in large groups, which are structured in terms of Human Resources, who have time and means to communicate on the subject and explain, if required, the purpose of the process [on the solidarity day]. Some SMEs keep in mind that no Whit Monday and are asking one day RTT or holiday pay just works, “it said in the statement released Friday by the group specialized in Human Resources . Note however that with 70% of unemployed provided, Whit Monday seems to be again a classic holiday.



What are generated by this collective effort and how are reinvested?

Specifically, the employer periodically pays 0.30% of gross wages as dues. The amounts are then donated to the National Solidarity Fund for Autonomy (CNSA) through Urssaf. The membership fee is only employer, the added value generated by the unpaid work day for employees constituting a consideration “paid” to their employer.

The CNSA estimates that since 2004, the day of solidarity him reported 24 billion euros. The estimates include a gain of € 2.29 billion in 2016, less than in 2014 (€ 2.43 billion) but more than last year (2.24 billion euros). This money enables the CNSA to finance individual aid to individuals, but also the functioning of departmental homes for disabled persons or, more simply, prevention activities for the elderly and / or disabled.

to Thouvenel Joseph, vice president of the CFTC is mainly where the shoe pinches. “Is it fair that an employee of the supermarket may be forced to work for free on a holiday, while a SNCF agent is supposed to work 1 minute 52 more per day to fulfill the so-called Day of Solidarity? “If he asks, adding that he is” unjust that the professions do not participate also in the effort. Policies have made an ill-built law. “At least not the easiest to understand

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