The decree on the expansion of the youth guarantee, a system designed for less than 25 years old face a risk of professional exclusion, has been published on Tuesday 27 December in the Official Journal. The measure comes into force on 1 January 2017.

This was provided in the act Work, it will be effective as of January 1, 2017. The labour code will now make mention of a new device, widespread throughout the country: the youth guarantee.

This warranty will therefore become a right for young people from 16 to 25 years who are neither in employment, nor in education, nor in education or training. For a year, they will have the cover strengthened to the world of work and will receive a monthly allowance of a maximum amount of 471 euros.

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The device was launched three years ago in the framework of an experiment, before being progressively extended up to 91 departments at the end of 2016. It is now extended to the whole country.

The “positive effects” on employment of youth

An evaluation published at the end of November 2016, concluded that he had “positive effects” on the employment of young people and had been able to reach the target audience, the most precarious.

Thus, fourteen months after the entry into youth guarantee, 40.4% of young people in the territories pilots had a job (with 20.5% in sustainable employment) against 34.1 per cent (15.9 per cent) of young eligible but resident in territories where it was not experienced, according to the scientific committee’s assessment, supported by Dares, department of the ministry of Labour.

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About 500 million euros will be allocated for the device in 2017 : € 240 million for the accompaniment and 258 million for the allocation. The beneficiaries could reach 150 000, according to the ministry of Labour.

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at the End of October 2016, there were 84 000 beneficiaries of this measure.