In the logic of a large Social Security system, LFI promises that sick leave will be compensated at 100% and the elimination of waiting days, so that there is no loss of salary. This orientation runs counter to the discussions under way. The social partners are tasked with negotiating until December 19 to find one billion euros in savings, notably on the daily allowances paid by Social Security.
It comes as the government has recently implemented additional birth leave (CSN). Lasting a maximum of two months for each of the parents, it is added to statutory leave.
This could involve lowering the ceiling on daily allowances, extending the waiting period, or establishing a public-order waiting day, compensated neither by Social Security nor by the employer or supplementary insurance.
In the chapter devoted to women's emancipation, the program proposes replacing current maternity and paternity leave with child-welcome leave, identical and mandatory for both parents, lasting 20 weeks per parent. The proposal appears more generous than current maternity leave for a first or second child, set at 16 weeks (six weeks before and ten weeks after childbirth).