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French government's employment-centered economic policy

Lyon Railway Station in Paris is a transportation hub leading to the south of France. Passengers always feel a little overwhelmed when they walk into the bustling station hall. At this time, a young man in his twenties wearing SNCF (French national railway company) logo will come over and enthusiastically and patiently explain to passengers how to use the automatic ticket vending machine to help them choose the most economical ticket, then guide them to rest in the waiting room first and remind them when to get on the bus at which platform so as not to miss their trip. There are more than a dozen such young people in the railway station. They are not voluntary workers who do good deeds, nor are they regular employees of SNCF, but "young workers" set up by the French government to solve the employment problem.

1997 When the French left-wing government came to power, there were more than 3 million unemployed people in China, among whom young people accounted for a large proportion. Faced with such a grim situation, all the government's work is centered on ensuring employment, and it is ambitious to create 700,000 employment opportunities during its five-year term, which will be borne by state-owned enterprises and private enterprises. In order to fulfill the promise of creating 350,000 employment opportunities in state-owned enterprises and institutions, the government promulgated the major measure 1.997+0.00 in June to create employment opportunities for young unemployed people under the age of 26. According to the requirements of this policy, all state-owned enterprises and institutions (including local government departments and organizations at all levels) should seriously consider whether their departments have services that belong to the needs of ordinary people but are not done. For example, the above-mentioned railway station guidance and other services have practical needs in public places such as post offices and hospitals. In primary and secondary schools, teachers need assistants to help students finish their homework and organize other extracurricular activities. Environmental and tourism management departments need a lot of manpower to maintain health and beautify the environment.

In addition, in order to cope with the deterioration of social security in the suburbs of big cities, the Ministry of the Interior needs to hire mass vigilantes to help the police maintain order and adjust neighborhood disputes. In order to encourage all departments to create "youth jobs", the government subsidizes 95,000 francs (1999, adjusted according to the inflation rate in the middle of each year), which is equivalent to 80% of the total wages, and the other 20% is solved by employers themselves. In addition to youth employment, the government also has special preferential policies for middle-aged and elderly unemployed people and long-term unemployed people, such as Contrat Employment Solidarity Association, Contrat Employment Consolidation Association, Contrat Initiative Employment Association, etc. There are also more than a dozen employment support projects with different names, and the state has financial support every year.

If the French government mainly adopts policy guidance and financial subsidies to create employment opportunities in state-owned enterprises and institutions, then the government has adopted a "mandatory" approach to achieve the purpose of creating employment in private enterprises. Specifically, legislative measures should be taken to reduce working hours, and the working hours should be changed from 39 hours per week to 35 hours per week without reducing employees' wages. According to a law, 1998, which came into effect in June, France has tried out a 35-hour working week in some large and medium-sized enterprises through labor-management consultation. By the end of 1999, 2.5 million employees of nearly 20,000 enterprises had implemented the new working hour system, thus creating140,000 jobs (including reducing layoffs).

On this basis, the French National Assembly passed a new law again on February 5 1999 15, stipulating that from 2000 1 October1,the legal working hours of all enterprises employing more than 20 people will be 35 hours per week, and all other enterprises will implement new working hours from 2002. The main purpose of reducing working hours is to create employment opportunities. According to experts' estimation, if employees' working hours are reduced by 10%, employers will increase 6% of jobs. In addition, the French economy is currently in a steady recovery, so the goal of creating 350,000 jobs in private enterprises in the next few years is guaranteed.

According to the French thinking, to reduce the unemployment rate, we should not only open up new sources, that is, create new employment opportunities in state-owned and private enterprises, but also cut expenses to minimize and limit layoffs. To this end, France has formulated a series of laws, regulations and policies, making it difficult for business owners to dismiss. According to the Labor Law, an enterprise with more than 50 employees must formulate a "planned society" before dismissing employees, which proves that the enterprise has taken all measures to avoid or reduce layoffs (such as reducing working hours and encouraging employees to retire early). The dismissed employees should not only pay compensation, but also ensure that they receive retraining to facilitate their future job transfer. In the process of formulating the "social plan", the boss must discuss with the employee representatives, post it in the enterprise after being approved by the labor mediation Committee, and report it to the government labor department for review and filing.

The French government's employment-centered economic policy has achieved remarkable results in recent years, and the unemployment rate has gradually declined. By the end of 1999, the number of unemployed people in France had dropped to about 2.6 million. Of course, the decline of unemployment rate in France is largely at the expense of huge fiscal expenditure, which is based on huge taxes. There are many taxes in France, such as industrial and commercial tax, value-added tax and income tax, which are found in all countries and have quite French characteristics? Quot "Import United Wealth" and "Universal Social Contribution".

The former is aimed at big money. If the property reaches 4.7 million francs, the "super rich mutual tax" will be paid at the rate of 0.5% per year. The higher the property value, the higher the tax rate. If the property exceeds 45 million francs, the tax rate will reach 1.5%. This is called helping the poor with the rich, and it is our duty-bound. As for the "general tax on social burden", everyone with wage income, rich or poor, has to pay it. This tax was levied from 199 1. At that time, the tax rate was 1. 1% of taxable wage income, and it increased year by year, and the current tax rate has reached 7.5%. Take the "young workers" who work in the railway station as an example. According to the current minimum wage, their gross monthly salary is 6880 francs. After the end of the month, they actually got 5000 francs. Although the tax burden is heavy, we seldom hear complaints from the French, perhaps because they all understand the basic truth of "I am for everyone and everyone is for me".