The right against wrong committed child care

1 Reforms

on the rails

The minimum service is in effect. Its introduction in transportation was one of the first adopted reforms in the summer 2007. The Act imposes particular to declare striker forty-eight hours before work. The Minister of labour has been able to print his method: firmness on the bottom, and reference, for the implementation to bargaining in companies. Even if the law does not determine what should be the minimum service provided, it is considered relatively effective by RATP and SNCF.

"Victory" of the special schemes. Xavier Bertrand was manoeuvring, in close connection with the Elysee Palace on the ultrapolitique folder of the fall of 2007. It can boast of realizing the reform in record time in maneuvering skillfully with the CGT to put an end to the strikes. But if the Minister says that behaviour on retirement of the agents involved (SNCF, RATP, EDF, GDF) have already changed, doubt remains the financial impact of the reform due to particular counterparties granted by companies.

The reform of representation carried out. Transcribed in the Act in July 2008 and previously Cohosh by the CFDT, CGT and employers, it changes in depth rules of collective bargaining (representativeness sitting on scores in professional elections, business agreement by unions representatives at least 30 of employees). The reform gave the kickoff of the reconstruction of the Union landscape, already marked by the GSC-Unsa approximation.

The 35-hour clash. After the buyout of RTT have already allowed (with mixed success), Xavier Bertrand took the unions by surprise allowing companies to renegotiate the 35-hour by agreement: overtime limits, number of days worked per year for employees day package, etc. The impact of this strong political gesture, which has created much resentment Union, remains however limited companies did with almost no negotiated agreement.

2 Building

unfinished

The pension bomb. The appointment of 2008 on pensions turned into employment plan for seniors with incentives (raise, rollup employment retirement) and threats of punishment for the recalcitrant companies. But the question of the rescue of the distribution plan remains whole: the deficit reached 5 billion euros and will leap with the crisis. The new appointment set for 2010 will be crucial and the debate on the uplift of the legal retirement age (60 years) will reappear.

The backbone for the hardship. This is "the" folder that ends more drag. Mid-July, 2008, the social partners have recorded the failure of three years of negotiations on taking account of the arduous nature of the work. Since then, he returned to the Ministry of labour to set end of career development (early, half time, position, etc.), conditions of access to these devices and, especially, their funding. Again, Xavier Bertrand promised the unions of the decisions. It will eventually played the shows.

The right against wrong committed child care. The President of the Republic is committed to implement of here in 2012. 1 Billion euros will be spent. But establish the enforceable right would imply at least 350 000 additional places. Or established crèches plans implemented between 2000 and 2007, a total amount of EUR 2.3 billion, have created 37.800 tickets. The right to child custody may not be enforceable.

The fifth dependency risk delayed. Xavier Bertrand left his post without having announced the reform of the aid to the elderly, while Nicolas Sarkozy had promised the creation of a fifth potential for dependence. The meetings of the working groups were completed in December, but no timetable is set for the Bill, which should be presented in 2008.