How many corpses in the closet of François Bayrou’s budget tracks? Le Figaro has spotted one: the monetization of the 5e Week of paid vacation. A track very briefly mentioned by Astrid Panosyan-Bouvet.
“We want to look for (…) an objective of incitement to increase working time, in a context where already four in ten employees make overtime, with for example the possibility of monetizing the fifth week of paid leave”said the Minister of Labor, after the announcements of the tenant of Matignon.
“This proposal is a lure”
A measure that immediately encounters the opposition of the CGT. “The government will offer mothers of single -parent families and part -time to give up a week of leave with their children to earn a little more money, Offuses Denis Gravouil. This proposal is a lure, to bypass the question of low remuneration. »»
For the confederate secretary CGT, “The objective of monetization is to return to the very long term of the very 5e Week of paid leave ”. Thus, the government could draw inspiration from the monetization of RTT days. Established in 2022, this system which allows employees to get paid each unique rest day had come up against the distrust of all union centers.
« A museum of horrors ”for the CFDT
As a reminder, among the 43.8 billion euros in savings planned out of 2026, the executive tables among other things on a new screw tour on unemployment insurance and increased flexibility of work. The monetization of 5e Week of paid leave is part of the negotiations wanted by the executive with employers and unions.
The five representative confederations (CFDT, CGT, FO, CFE-CGC, CFTC) must meet this Friday. “We will see what emerges, but given the unprecedented attacks, for us a boycott is not to be excluded”underlines Denis Gravouil. “This monetization is part of the horrors museum. When you give time to work, it’s for them ”warns Marylise Léon (CFDT), on France Inter, who ensures that “Mobilizations are not excluded” at the start of the school year.
On the employers’ side, this track is unsurprisingly praised. “If this corresponds to the Employee desires to have more remuneration, I do not see where the problem is”assumes Éric Chevée (CPME) in the Parisian.
5e Week of paid vacation was set up in 1982 by the left under the government of Pierre Mauroy. “The employers are in a revengeful and poujadist will, and wishes to make a clean sweep of social advances allowed by the common program”Tance Denis Gravouil.
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