Question 19138 — arts and entertainment

Summary

Mr. Michel Larive draws the attention of the Minister of Labor to the specific compensation scheme for intermittent workers in the entertainment industry. In 2018, the Government announced its desire to open new negotiations on unemployment insurance and in particular the specific case of short contracts, in order to achieve additional savings, of the order of 1.3 billion euros per year. The contribution for the specific regime would amount to 43 million euros. Following this framework note, negotiations were initiated on February 20, 2019 between representatives of employers and social partners. This exchange ultimately ended in failure. Trade union organizations in the entertainment, audiovisual and film production sectors do not wish to renegotiate the agreement established in 2016 on intermittent work, as part of the new unemployment insurance reform. THE Intermittent workers benefit from a specific status, precisely because of the specificity of their working conditions, which forces them to alternate working periods and off-duty periods. Their compensation system must therefore adapt to the way their industry operates. The announcements from several members of the Government are worrying and suggest that this compensation system will not be maintained. Mr. Castaner, then Secretary of State, described in July 2018 on the radio as “real deviances” the fact of “being able to work a little and benefit from unemployment insurance rights”. However, this principle is the very essence of the activity of intermittent workers. Only the Minister of Culture indicated in December 2018 that he did not want to return to the 2016 agreement. Despite the failure of the negotiations on February 20, 2019, an amendment to the agreement was signed unanimously by the representatives of employers and unions in the entertainment sector on January 21, 2019. This amendment to the agreement of April 28, 2016 was to perpetuate it while correcting certain dysfunctions. Thus, he wishes to know if it intends to take note and accept this agreement on unemployment insurance signed at the level of the entertainment branch on January 21, 2019.

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