Facing recruitment tensions, the government will send an instruction to prefects and rectors to facilitate the accommodation of seasonal workers in unoccupied accommodation such as student residences, Labor Minister Olivier Dussopt said on Friday.
“It is an instruction that must be remembered, since sometimes it is also useless to pass a new law, you have to apply what exists,” he added, during a trip to Nice with the minister responsible for SMEs and Commerce Olivia Grégoire. It is about “urgently mobilizing all the actors, local authorities, Crous, schools and of course the professional federations to identify, when possible and when the actors agree, free or free accommodation in the social park or even boarding school rooms or universities,” the ministry said.
“Somewhat paradoxical situation”
During his visit, the minister highlighted “a somewhat paradoxical situation” in terms of tensions in contracting: “we are coming out of a pandemic crisis, we are facing difficulties in particular in the energy issue. And despite all this, the economy creates jobs. , with 750,000 more jobs than before the Covid crisis, he stressed. Sectors that have difficulty hiring such as hotels and restaurants have “a greater number of jobs today than before the crisis”, he added.
The minister also reaffirmed that the rules related to unemployment insurance, which expire on October 31, will be “extended.” They will be “even reinforced” in the image of Canada where “the rules are tougher when the labor market creates jobs and more protective when there are difficulties.” The extension, initially, should take place at the beginning of the school year.
Source: BFM TV
