Health. "Deeply unfair": Marylise Léon (CFDT) opposes the extension of the waiting period
According to Les Echos , the government is considering postponing the date on which health insurance intervenes to compensate people on sick leave, by asking companies and their insurers to take over in the meantime.
Marylise Léon denounced a "general punishment" regarding the budgetary measures put forward by the government. Photo Sipa/Isa Harsin
Extending the waiting period for sick leave benefits to seven days would be "deeply unfair," CFDT leader Marylise Léon said Tuesday on RMC . "What is on the table today is to shift the compensation between the fourth and seventh day to the companies' responsibility" and to ask for "an effort from employees," Ms. Léon said, the day after a meeting with Labor Minister Astrid Panosyan-Bouvet.
According to Les Echos , the government is considering postponing the date on which health insurance intervenes to compensate people on sick leave, by asking companies and their insurers to take over in the meantime.
This content is blocked because you have not accepted cookies and other trackers.
By clicking on "I accept" , cookies and other trackers will be placed and you will be able to view the contents ( more information ).
By clicking on "I accept all cookies" , you authorize the deposit of cookies and other tracers for the storage of your data on our sites and applications for the purposes of personalization and advertising targeting.
You can withdraw your consent at any time by consulting our data protection policy . Manage my choices
The union leader also considered it "very likely" that the government was considering "a public order waiting day," which would not be covered by health insurance or companies. "Being sick is not a choice. We don't go on sick leave because we want to do something else," she responded, protesting against a measure that "doesn't work."
“ Total deregulation of the labor code”In 2018, the introduction of a waiting day in public services "had the effect of causing longer periods of absence," she said.
Overall, the proposals put forward to reform unemployment insurance and labor law are "a general punishment," with the idea that "the unemployed are lazy" and that French workers "do not work enough and that we need to make things even more flexible," said Ms. Léon.
This type of proposal "must be opposed," she insisted, denouncing "a new stage of total deregulation of the labor code."
L'Est Républicain
