France Travail
French governmental agency which registers unemployed people, helps them find jobs and provides them with financial aid
France Travail (English: France Employment), previously Pôle emploi (French pronunciation: [pol ɑ̃plwa]; English: Employment Centre), is a French governmental agency which registers unemployed people, helps them find jobs and provides them with financial aid.
Creation
In December 2007, Christine Lagarde, Minister of the Economy, unveiled the law to merge the Agence nationale pour l'emploi ("National Employment Agency") and the Assédic to the government.
The merger was an electoral pledge of candidate Nicolas Sarkozy during the 2007 presidential election to cut the unemployment rate to 5% by 2012 while aiming at improving the efficiency of public services provided to unemployed people.
On February 13, 2008, the law implementing the fusion was officially voted on.
On December 18, 2023, it has been renamed to France Travail which the name change became effective on January 1, 2024.
Missions
The missions the agency is entrusted with are ANPE and Assedic's missions combined.
France Travail receives those that have declared unemployment and provides them with social benefits, while helping companies to find candidates for a job.
France Travail publish job offers, select themselves candidates and follow their first months in the job. They develop partnerships with companies to advise them.
France Travail focuses on people notably affected by long-term unemployment, young people, seniors, and RSA-beneficiaries (state funded welfare).
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