The Ministry of Labor has sent the social partners a draft decree which aims to eliminate, from May 1, hiring assistance for work-study workers on professionalization contracts. In July 2020, during the health crisis, the government put in place aid to support youth employment with a bonus for hiring apprentices or employees under 30 years old.
This aid had been extended several times and had been set since January 1, 2023 at 6,000 euros for both a minor and an adult. The government underlines that measures to reduce the State budget have been decided on certain measures relating in particular to the field of employment and professional training. “If the need to reduce public spending is not debated, it is appropriate to target those whose usefulness is not proven,” says the Confederation of SMEs. The CMPE calls on the government to carefully measure the challenge of the abolition of this aid. The draft decree, initially revealed by the AEF agency, indicates that it is a question of “removing, for contracts concluded in 2024, aid to employers of employees under professionalized contracts”