Activity long-term partial comes into force Friday

The decree, published Thursday in the official Journal, was very expected for companies interested by this device, mainly for the moment in aerospace.

The decree establishing the rules of the new activity long-term partial, put in place to help companies facing a reduction of sustainable business, was published Thursday in the official Journal to the entry into force Friday. This decree was very expected of companies that are interested in this device, mainly for the moment in aerospace. The engine manufacturer Safran has already negotiated an agreement with its unions until the end of 2022 in order to avoid any redundancies in France. Other oem's and Airbus are considering doing so.

This measure, entitled in the decree "device specific activity partial in case of reduction of sustainable business", is born out of the idea of the social partners of the metal industry. It aims to encourage businesses to sustainably impacted by the crisis "to keep their employees and their skills to be ready when the activity will start," according to the minister of Labour Elizabeth Terminal.

collective Agreement, it is necessary

for this purpose, the device allows a reduction of working time up to a maximum of 40% of working hours, compensated by the State more strongly than the partial unemployment of the base, under the condition of a collective agreement at the level of the establishment, the company, the group or the branch. On the basis of a diagnosis of the economic situation", of this agreement, for a period of 6 to 24 months, must "define the activities and employees concerned, the maximum reduction of the work schedule and commitments in the field of employment and vocational training".

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On non-working hours, the employee will receive 84% of his net salary (or 70% of its crude), which was calculated from a maximum fee of 4.5 times the Minimum wage. As these are a maximum of 40% of his working time, this guarantees him 93% of his net salary. For its part, the company will receive a compensation of 85% of the compensation paid to the employee, (or 15% of the cost) for an agreement entered into before October 1 and 80% for an agreement concluded after.

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The reduction of hours of work "is assessed for each employee concerned on the duration of application of the device". It may not be more than 40% of the legal working time, but a waiver of 50% is possible in exceptional cases with the agreement of the administration. The agreement "may" also "provide the conditions" in which the leaders and shareholders, provide efforts commensurate with those charged to employees." The training fee during the period which may be supported at 80% by the State and the personal account of employee training may also be mobilized.