In a column published in the “Journal du dimanche”, around thirty business leaders want to offer 100,000 job offers by the end of January, based on the announced extension of the plan “A young person, a solution”.
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The Minister of Labor, Elisabeth Borne, announced on Sunday 3 January, the extension of aid for the employment of young people under the operation “one young person, one solution”, beyond the end of January.
“The health situation will remain difficult in the coming weeks and will lead us to extend (…) the bonus of 4,000 euros [per year] for hiring, on a fixed-term contract of more than three months or on a permanent contract for a young person under 26 years old and the 5,000 or 8,000 euros aid for an apprenticeship or professionalization contract “, assures the minister dan s an interview with the Sunday Journal .
“The numbers show that our plan is paying off “, she says of a battery of measures launched in July when the health crisis linked to the Covid-19 epidemic has severely affected youth employment.
She quotes the figure of 1.05 million young people “recruited on fixed-term contracts of at least three months or on permanent contracts”, between August and the end of November, ie “almost as many as in 2019”. “More than 220,000 bonuses have already been distributed”, adds M me Borne, recalling the unprecedented success of apprenticeship with 440,000 contracts signed in 2020, against 353,000 in 2019.
100,000 job offers for young people
At the same time, around thirty business leaders are calling for “collective mobilization for French youth”, with the objective of offering 100,000 job vacancies. ’employment by the end of January on the site 1jeune1solution