a forthcoming labor law to temper the harshness of the project?

In Macronie, it has become the cure for all ills. Faced with a strong mobilization against its pension reform, the executive promises to open a new stage of the five-year term once the parliamentary debate is over at the end of March. And to mark this break, a labor law will be debated before the summer in the Assembly. The government wants this text to temper the harshness of the pension project by putting the question of “working better” into the atmosphere.

The bill on full employment is the ready-made solution to bring down the anger and go beyond the debate on pensions.

Different avenues considered

The executive promises that he will open a new political cycle centered on improving the quality of life at work. Matignon suggests that it will contain strong measures such as the ban on departure plans targeting seniors in large companies. Among the other avenues are also a more important place left to company agreements, the introduction of new types of employment contract, the revision of the rules of social dialogue or the installation of the 36-hour week in four days.

This labor law could also put back on the table one of Emmanuel Macron’s campaign proposals, namely the generalization of the universal time savings account, to allow employees to adjust their working time throughout their careers. This is a measure demanded for a long time by the CFDT. This bill is therefore also a way for the government to renew dialogue with the unions.