The Minister of Economy and Finance said Thursday that he had “seen” the idea of the Minister of Labor on the monetization of the fifth week of paid leave.
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A false track? During the presentation of the 2026 budget on Tuesday, the Minister of Labor said that “The possibility of monetizing the fifth week of paid leave” would be one of the tracks that were going to be placed on the negotiating table between social partners on unemployment insurance and labor law. But this track has gone relatively unnoticed, including in government. Questioned by the press on this subject, Thursday, July 17, the Minister of Economy and Finance Eric Lombard assured that “It is not planned”. “We take the ideas, but this one I have not seen it”He added, when moving to Moselle.
The track already displeases the unions. On France Inter, Marylise Léon estimated Thursday that the monetization of the fifth week of paid leave was “Part of the horrors museum which was opened when presenting what could be done on labor law”. “Today, the number number one is the question of purchasing power, but it is not the employees themselves to pay a little more room for maneuver to complete the end of the month by cutting off on their holidays”she added.
