Labor Reforms French

ECONOMIC-FINANCIAL CRISIS IN EUROPE

The actual Europe shows an economic-financial and social crisis, which in a simplest way it can be due to the world financial crisis in 2008-2009.

European Union faces as a difficult problem the social aspect, although for many decades EU has been seen as the example to be followed in this aspect because of the economic development or for an economic aspect of growth, inside which the social scope is a very important edger for trying to perceive the environment of the EU.

EU nations share some problems such as: unemployment and its consequences as lower consumption and inversion, which have contributed to the government deficit.

With the objective of improving productivity and attracting more inversion in the countries which are in problem, it arises the need of labor reforms that are mainly being driven by the recommendations of the European Council through the employment and social politic legislation, which in general and through the last years have been focused on making flexible the employment without setting aside social security.

This context of improving productivity integrated with the employment protection has received the name of Flexisecurity.

1.LABOR REFORM OF FRANCE

Although France is one of the main economies in the world, the growth has been very shy in the last years .

Since the beginning of 2000, the French growth has been maintained below the European mean, competitiveness has been damaged and the unemployment has risen. The unemployment problem had been a key matter in the electoral campaign.

1.1 HOLLANDE

1.1.2 Promises: 2012 French elections

When he talks about employment: The goal is to create 150,000 “generation contracts”. The companies that hire a young person under 30 and that maintain a worker over 55 will not pay the social quotes during a lustrum. The oldest one will devote between a quarter and a third of his time training the youngest. The goal is to fight against the precariousness of the young people (49% of the ones without studies are unemployed) and against the unemployment of the people over 55 years old. He also promised to raise the collective layoffs costs to the companies which obtain benefits, introduce the social dialogue in the Constitution, and raise the social charges for the companies that abuse of the precarious contracts.

1.1.3 In his End of year speech of 2013:

He pointed out that “all forces will focus in an objective, reverse the unemployment curve within a year”, and for this he recalled the instruments which are being used by his government, as “future employments”, “generation contracts” or the professional training reform.

“My first duty, my only duty is that our country progress and that our youth recovers the confidence”, pointed out before justifying his compromise “to reestablish the public accounts” and the indebtedness reduction.

In relation with the labor reform, he said he had confidence in the negotiation carried out between unions and patronal, and he has given them until this January as time limit.

Hollande, added that if it did not existed an agreement between both parts in January, he would assume his responsibilities.

His basic principle is to create employment and to prevent it continues being destroyed. “France will be placed in the higher level of Europe regarding to social agreement and labor market”.

1.1.4 Labor pact news 2013:

Employment, competitiveness

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