A-Infos (en) France, UCL press release: Crash of unemployment insurance: another attack against all employees (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

The Minister of Labor announced it at the end of April: by decree, from 
July 1, the duration of unemployment compensation will be reduced to 
twelve months. In two years, this duration has been halved! This 
concerns us all: more than half of employees are faced, in their 
professional life, with at least one period of unemployment. ---- In six 
years, the government has methodically demolished unemployment 
insurance. Before 2019, you had to have worked at least four months out 
of the last 28 months to have rights for at least four months; you must 
now have worked 6 months out of the last 24 months. Likewise, to 
recharge your rights, you must have worked 6 months instead of one month 
before 2019.

In addition to making access to compensation more difficult, the amount 
of allowances has been reduced since 2021, because the government has 
changed its method of calculation, removing the principle that one day 
worked gives entitlement to one day of compensation. . Another major 
decline since 2023: the duration of compensation has been reduced by 
25%, going from a maximum of 24 months to 18 months. And from 36 months 
to 27 months for those over 55, for whom finding work is more difficult.

The consequence of this destruction of unemployment rights is an 
impoverishment and precariousness of workers deprived of employment. 
Allowances fell by 16% on average, reaching an average amount of just 
over 1,000 euros. This drop has affected a million people since 2019: 
many young people, temporary workers and job seekers subject to short 
contracts. Since 2019, the number of rights granted has fallen by 
30,000. As for the number of people receiving unemployment compensation, 
it has also plummeted to well below half of those registered with France 
Travail.

Everyone is concerned!
This new attack on the rights to protection against loss of employment 
concerns all workers, with or without employment. In reality, more than 
half of employees have experienced job loss and unemployment in their 
careers. So to incriminate the unemployed is to incriminate yourself, in 
a labor market degraded by employers and the State. Especially since 
with the announced abolition of the ASS, the time between permanent 
employment and RSA will be reduced to twelve months. This is for the 
greater benefit of employers who are making employment more and more 
precarious.

Protection against unemployment is collective
Employers will largely benefit from this reform. The pressure to return 
to work under any conditions will weigh as much on the unemployed as on 
active workers. During this time, the State will make budgetary savings 
at the expense of the most vulnerable and will continue to subsidize 
businesses by paying apprentices in their place.

We fight the idea that unemployment is the fault of the unemployed, that 
Arlesian "growth" will create jobs, and that we must "work more to earn 
more". This is why UCL defends high-level unemployment insurance, 
financed by increased employer contributions. And to reduce 
unemployment: reduction in working hours with corresponding hiring.

Libertarian Communist Union, May 20, 2024

Read also:

"Libertarian communist orientation: struggles against unemployment and 
layoffs"

https://www.unioncommunistelibertaire.org/?Casse-de-l-assurance-chomage-encore-une-attaque-contre-l-ensemble-des-salarie
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