France: final vote on the law that treats job abandonment as job resignation

On 17 November France’s Senate house voted in favour of draft legislation on emergency measures relating to the functioning of the labour market and the law is thus definitively adopted following the National Assembly vote on 21 November. The text should allow the government to modify the rules of unemployment insurance following an ongoing consultation with unions and employers. In addition, in the event of an employee abandoning their position and who does not return to work after having...