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French job seeker given 26,000 years to pay €3k

Mon, 30 Mar 2015 14:48:25 +0200

France's national employment agency Pôle Emploi has made a bizarre repayment request, asking a Frenchman to cough up 1 centime a month for the next 26,126 years.

French jobless at new record in June

Sat, 26 Jul 2014 14:17:00 +0200

The number of registered unemployed in France rose by 9,400 in June to a new record of 3.398 million, the labour ministry said on Friday.

French jobless sue job centre for failing them

Tue, 02 Jul 2013 12:55:00 +0200

A group of angry jobseekers in France are aiming to make history as they prepare to sue the country's employment agency. Their grievance? The job centre failed to do enough to find them work and they are demanding €1.8 million in damages.

France creates 2,000 posts to deal with jobless

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 17:24:00 +0100

France announced the creation of 2,000 new jobs for the Pôle Emploi – the national employment agency, on Monday to keep up with the rise in the number of jobseekers. The rate of registered unemployed is close to reaching record levels.

French job centre worker posts 'sick' fake adverts

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:54:00 +0100

A job centre worker in central France was the focus of a scandal on Tuesday, after a fake job posting on an official website spectacularly crossed the line of poor taste.

Unemployment rate hits 9.8%

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 10:18:00 +0100

France's unemployment rate came close to 10 percent in the final quarter of 2011, reported national statistics agency INSEE on Thursday.

Teacher, 53, urged to take stripper job

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:59:00 +0100

A 53-year-old former teacher was less than thrilled to receive an email from Pôle Emploi, the French government-run jobs agency, proposing a position stripping in a local nightclub.

Jobless rate up again in December

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:48:00 +0100

Unemployment rose in December to its highest level since November 1999 with the number of registered jobseekers up by 29,700 to reach 2.87 million.

Job summit ends with €429 spending plans

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:26:00 +0100

A four-hour crisis jobs summit chaired by President Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday ended with a series of measures as well as plenty of criticism.

Sarkozy calls crisis job summit

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:24:00 +0100

President Nicolas Sarkozy is gathering union and business leaders together on Wednesday for a crisis summit on the country's unemployment situation.

Unemployment highest for twelve years

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 10:30:00 +0100

The number of job seekers in France rose again in October, taking figures to a 12-year high.

Jobless total highest for over ten years

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 11:40:37 +0200

Unemployment was up by 26,000 in September, taking the jobless figure to 2.78 million, a rise of 0.9 percent on the month and 3 percent on the year.