The boss of Medef worried about the “breakage” of “immense collective success”

The boss of Medef Patrick Martin was worried about the reform of learning financing which is to come into force Tuesday, July 1. The president of Medef spoke of Tuesday June 24 on Franceinfo les “Negative consequences“Of this reform with in particular a decline in learning contracts.

“While we have finally had a huge collective success on learning, we break this dynamic if not going to seek the right savings where they are possible, that is to say the operating costs of the public sphere”, deplored Patrick Martin. “We went up 320 000 ” In 2017 at “1 million apprentices “he recalled. In detail, since the 2018 Pénicaud law, which has established massive subsidies to companies hiring one or more apprentices, as well as the exceptional aid implemented in 2020 during the COVVI-19 pandemic, the number of learning students exploded. 290,000 apprenticeship contracts were signed in 2017 against 878,900 in 2024 in the public and private sectors.

In the government’s viewfinder, the establishment of an employer remains of 750 euros for any hiring of an apprentice at Bac +3 level or beyond July 1. “The support measures have been degraded primarily on high levels of training”he said. For the boss of the bosses, France needs “arms and heads”. “You have to restart the social elevator and not put it to the stop”he annoyed himself. “There are young people from modest backgrounds who continue their studies through learning”he added. At the same time, the hiring aid of an apprentice has increased since January 1 from 6,000 euros to 5,000 euros for SMEs and 2,000 euros for companies with 250 or more employees. “The major problem in France, beyond the employment of seniors is the use of young people”A concluded Patrick Martin.