Unemployment: In third quarter, number of jobseekers finds his pre-crisis level

The number of persons registered at Pôle emploi and without any activity (category A) fell by 5.5%. On the other hand, the number of people registered while exercising a reduced activity increased by 4.2%.

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Still a statistic that confirms the strength of the recovery. In the third quarter, the number of jobseekers without any activity (category A) decreased by 5.5% to be just over 3.54 million throughout the territory (overseas included, except Mayotte), according to the data disseminated, Wednesday, October 27, by the DARES – the Directorate of Studies at the Ministry of Labor. This is a sharp drop, which makes it possible to erase the damage caused by the crisis, since this indicator is at a level a very little lower than that of the last three months of 2019.

This trend concerns all age groups, but it is stronger for children under 25: – 8.4% in metropolis, against – 5.9% for people aged 25 to 49 and – 4.1% for seniors. On the other hand, persons enrolled in Pôle Emploi while carrying out a small activity (categories B and C) see their workforce increase: + 4.2% in a quarter in the hex. But if we are interested in all jobseekers, whether they work or not (categories A, B and C), the evolution remains favorable (- 1.9%), the number of people In this registered situation at 5.87 million while the bar of the six million had been exceeded in 2020.

If the category A of Pôle emploi continues to be reduced over the months, it is, of course, linked to the dynamism of the economy. In the third quarter, the number of hiring declarations of more than 1 months (excluding temporary) increased by 11.4%, to be just over 2.44 million, according to the URSSAF. “Such a level had not been reached for 21 years,” said the Minister of Labor, ELISABETH BORDE, please rejoice in this “historic record”, while it was auditioned by the Committee on Social Affairs of the National Assembly.

A majority of hiring by cdd less than one month

It is in the tertiary that the increase is the strongest (+ 12.3%), but the industry and construction also record enviable performances, with + 8.7% for one and + 6.4% and for the other. However, the majority of recruitments takes place through CDD less than one month, this type of contract representing 63% of hiring from early July to the end of September. In some areas, this proportion is particularly high: 91% in arts, shows and recreational activities, 80.4% in social action and medico-social accommodation, etc.

Thanks to the recovery, the youth unemployment rate returned to “its pre-crisis level”, according to M me terminal. But it remains “close to 20%”, which “can not be satisfied,” said the Minister of Labor on Tuesday. This is why the executive is preparing to present new measures for children under 25 who are neither at work nor training nor in an educational institution. The provisions in question will take the form of an “engagement income” or a “contract of engagement”, whose contours should be presented, in early November, by Emmanuel Macron.

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