Unemployment insurance reform in Caen: “The government is baited against the unemployed”
Through Margaux Rousset
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The unemployment insurance reform entered into force on December 1, 2021. This Saturday, December 4, a rally against the new way of calculating benefits was organized Place Bouchard in Caen (Calvados), at the call of several unions, the CGT, Solidaires, the KIC-CIP and the FSU.
“An unjust reform”
In this reform, two essentially problem points according to Etienne Adam, representative of the Calvados-Manche liaison committee of Pôle Emploi. “To be compensated by unemployment insurance you must now work 6 months out of 24 months instead of 4 out of 28. In addition to this, there is the fact that the days worked and not worked are taken into account for the daily salary of reference therefore inevitably the indemnity will decrease! Previously, only days worked were taken into account for unemployment rights.
Unédic’s report on the reform of unemployment insurance
In April 2021, Unédic (association responsible for managing unemployment insurance in cooperation with Pôle Emploi) published a report on the impact of this reform.
“The first year, with the new method of calculating the daily reference wage (SJR), 1.15 million beneficiaries will open a right with a lower daily allowance (by 17% on average) than with the rules in force until the theoretical duration of compensation is established at 14 months on average, against 11 months with the pre-reform rules.
Among the demonstrators present at Place Bouchard, is Virginie. At 46, she has been unable to work for health reasons since December 2016. “I live on € 821 per month. Fortunately, I have no children, ”explains this resident of Caen. It no longer affects the allowances of Pôle Emploi, “my aid is paid by CAF and CPAM but I find this reform unfair for the precarious and the unemployed”.
“We can’t imagine what that means”
Another reason for the discontent: the reinforced control by Pôle Emploi, at the request of the government, of the unemployed to see if they respond to offers, if they go to interviews or to training sessions.
A precarious worker by definition does not know when he will find a job. Or for how long. With this reform, there is a relentlessness of the government against the unemployed.
In the square, the demonstrators decided not to march. They distribute leaflets and chat with passers-by. And there are people in downtown Caen this Saturday afternoon when the race for Christmas presents has started. Yet Etienne Adam does not find people particularly concerned by this reform. “I think they do not represent the consequences of this reform. This is what we are here for ”.
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