This roadmap is the ‘second stage in renewing the social model’ after the first reform of the Labor Code stage, and as sought by President Emmanuel Macron. Following discussions with the social partners the government intends to present draft legislation in April 2018. Waiting in the wings are notably: extension of unemployment insurance to independent workers and those who have resigned from positions, introduction of a bonus/penalty system for companies making excessive use of precarious employment opportunities, and a thorough overhaul of apprenticeships and vocational training, which in the words of Prime Minister Edouard Philippe is the only ‘credible response to mass unemployment.’
After last week’s bi-lateral (employers and unions organizations) consultations, the government presented the ‘work program’ for this second major social reform of the new 5-year presidential period.
Vocational Training reform. In the next few days social partners will receive a guidance document that will outline the four main axes for the upcoming cross-industry negotiations that are due to conclude by the end of January 2018 and which are expected to take place within ‘a government-set framework.’
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