25% more checks: the government still wants to police the unemployed (Liberation)

Hello, it might be more productive to tackle to the real causes of unemployment (which have been known for a long time), rather than harassing the unemployed, for the rest think about what all this can do with Big Data, Linky counters, etc.

The Minister of Labor, Elisabeth Borne, announced 250.000 checks in the next six months to "ensure that job seekers are actually looking for work".  

Would the unemployed regain some control? Five months before the presidential election, the government, through the voice of its Minister of Labour, Elisabeth Borne, grants a new slice of police to job seekers. Pôle Emploi, which carried out around 400.000 checks in 2019, will intensify its efforts by 25% to verify that the unemployed are doing everything, really everything to return to working life.

“Checks will intensify, Borne struck at the microphone of RTL this Wednesday morning. Pôle Emploi carried out around 400.000 checks in 2019. In the next six months, they will carry out 250.000 checks. This is an increase of 25%, specifically in sectors in tension.

The Minister declined the contours of this monitoring : “Pôle Emploi advisers will check that a job seeker responds to offers, goes to interviews, participates in recruitment sessions or follows the training offered. It is an evaluation made over several months, not a cleaver. The response is graduated. The first time, we can temporarily remove your allowance for a month and it can go as far as deregistration if we start again.

Bound, which estimates the measure "quite normal" given that "job seekers" are accompanied "like never", wants "ensure that they are actually looking for work". "Over the five-year term, we have invested 15 billion euros in training for job seekers", she recalled again. These checks will be carried out by 600 dedicated advisers.

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