The “first job contract” (CPE) is dead. The law on equal opportunities of 31 March 2006 (see our article n°06245), which created this employment contract making it possible for employers to lay off young people under 26 without justification for a two years period, will thus have its main contents deleted. On 10 April, President Jacques Chirac officially decided, “on proposal of the Prime Minister” Dominique de Villepin, who invented the CPE, and “after having heard the Presidents of the...
France: the government scraps the very controversial “first job contract”
President Jacques Chirac decided to replace the highly disputed “first job contract” (CPE) by a device in favour of the professional integration of young people with difficulties. This will probably put an end to the political and social crisis which has shaken the country for more than two months. (Ref. 06348)
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