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France curbs unemployment benefits in bid to fill job vacancies

With many sectors are experiencing difficulties in recruiting, the aim of France's reform of unemployment benefits is to encourage people to return to work more quickly. AFP - PASCAL GUYOT

France is clamping down on unemployment payments, with the government on Monday announcing new rules that it’s hoped will return up to 150,000 people to the workforce early next year.

Labour Minister Olivier Dussopt said the amount time time jobseekers are eligible to claim benefits would be cut by 25 percent from February.

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