Question 18059 — unemployment

Summary

Ms. Sabine Rubin draws the attention of the Minister of Labor to the specific compensation rules for intermittent entertainment artists and technicians. The first “intermittent employee with multiple employers” scheme for cinema technicians and executives was set up in 1936, encouraged by cinema producers themselves who needed to be able to employ staff who were always available for short and short periods. punctual. It was then extended to artists and entertainment companies. If the specific regime for intermittent workers protects workers who, by the nature of their jobs, are precarious and flexible, this regime is also the one which allows the companies employing these employees, whether they are in the for-profit sector or not, to see artistic productions exist and circulate. Thus, all these workers participate in a economy, that of culture, which contributes seven times more to French GDP than the automobile industry. The added value of cultural activities is equivalent to that of agriculture and places the cultural industry in second position. The Minister of Culture himself declared on December 2, 2018 in the Journal du Dimanche: “Let’s not break this regime which is our strength. This system, which is a French specificity, is important for creation.” The agreement of April 28, 2016, which notably established the return of the opening of rights to compensation to 507 hours worked for 12 months, was consolidated and extended by an amendment to this agreement signed by the employers' and employees' unions in the sector on January 21, 2019, despite an excessively short deadline. According to the latest monitoring indicators from Unedic, the number of people compensated as that intermittent entertainment workers have increased by 7,000 people since the entry into force of the 2016 agreement. But the amount of unemployment benefits paid has decreased for high incomes. In its 2017 activity report, Unedic indicates that the contributions collected are 35.7 billion euros and the allowances paid are 34.3 billion euros, i.e. a surplus balance of 1.4 billion euros. The latest figures from Pôle Employment indicate, for their part, that the volume of hours worked increased by more than 2% over one year, the payroll and the number of employment contracts by 1.4%, although the number of employees only increased by 0.9%. Faced with the failure of the inter-professional negotiations in February 2019, the Prime Minister announced that the Government is regaining control and that the new unemployment insurance rules will be issued by decree to summer 2019, after a “consultation” phase which will allow the first measures to be revealed in the spring. It would like to know if, in this context, it will take note and apply the unanimous agreement on unemployment insurance which was signed at the level of the entertainment branch on January 21, 2019, in order to preserve this French specificity which not only contributes to the economic vitality of the sector but also to the quality and influence of creation.

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