Employees who leave their position are presumed to have resigned. On Wednesday, the National Assembly voted majority and LR amendments to limit access to the social insurance fund, despite criticism from the left. “The employee who has voluntarily given up his position and does not return to work after receiving a letter of formal notice to this effect (…) is presumed to have resigned”, states the amendments, which were adopted by 219 votes to 68 within the framework of the test in the first reading of the bill on the a-cashier form.
The government, through the voice of ministerial delegate Carole Grandjean, said it was in favor of this measure of job cuts, “an ever-increasing phenomenon”. These employees no longer come to work, without justification, and end up being fired by their employer. They can then get an unemployment insurance fund.
Stormy atmosphere
The left has taken issue with this phenomenon, citing “marginal” cases and arguing not to “weaken the protection of the employees”. “What is the reason for these job cuts?” asked the communist Pierre Dharréville, thinking of labor relations.
Conversely, Dominique Da Silva (Renaissance), along the lines of Horizons and MoDem, argued that job cuts disrupted businesses and that it was a matter of providing a “clear and fair” measure for each. “We do not deprive the employees of any rights. They always have the opportunity to appeal “to the industrial court, also emphasized Jean-Louis Thiériot (LR), who among some on the left criticized “the choice of the right to laziness”.
In a stormy atmosphere again, the socialists assured that the adopted measure was unconstitutional and not compatible with the standards of the International Labor Organization (ILO).
Unemployment insurance is basically reserved for people who are involuntarily deprived of employment. For those who resigned, there are some limited exceptions. However, a dismissal for abandonment constitutes a dismissal for fault and currently does not deprive the dismissed person of his right to benefit from unemployment insurance, even if the abandonment of the position is “voluntary”.
