Very sharp drop in partial activity in July according to Élisabeth Borne

This shows "that our economic activity is starting again very strongly", welcomed the minister, relaying a preview of the figures of the Dares (Direction of the animation of research, studies and statistics) published Monday.

"We have had a lot of good news on the employment front in recent weeks, with historic hiring levels, with a drop in the number of job seekers by 270.000 in three months. We have recovered the level of unemployment that we had before the "health crisis of Covid-19," she stressed.

According to Dares, 610.000 employees were in partial activity in July 2001 (-56% over one month), the lowest level since the start of the health crisis in March 2020.

This decrease is due to sharp drops in the use of partial activity in accommodation and catering (-270.000 or -65%), commerce (-120.000 or -74%), the transport and storage sector (-100.000 or -61%), she explains.

"It comes in a context of lifting of the main health restrictions and a drop in coverage rates for companies as well as for employees," she underlines.

The Minister of Labor recalled during a press conference in Bercy that from September 1 "the remainder of the partial activity would increase to 40% for all the companies that use it", the employees receiving 72% of their net compensation.

Companies which still have health restrictions - for example discotheques, subject to gauges - or those which have a very sharp decline in their activity "will continue to benefit from 100% support for partial activity by the State. ".