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France Travail Reports 8.7% Surge in Job Seekers, Largely Driven by Rule Changes

New administrative reforms, including automatic RSA registrations and delayed status updates, inflate unemployment figures, masking a modest 0.8% labor-market-driven increase.

Chômage: le nombre de demandeurs d'emploi bondit à cause des nouvelles règles de France Travail
Le nombre de demandeurs d’emploi est en hausse au premier trimestre de l’année 2025.
Selon les derniers chiffres publiés par France Travail, lundi 28 avril 2025, le chômage augmente de 12.8 % sur un an pour les demandeurs d’emploi de catégorie A.
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Overview

  • Category A job-seekers rose by 8.7% in Q1 2025, adding 273,100 registrants, reaching 3.4 million, according to Dares data published April 28.
  • Administrative reforms, such as automatic RSA registrations and delayed status updates pending contract signatures, are the primary drivers of this increase.
  • Dares estimates that the underlying labor-market-driven growth in Category A registrations is only 0.8%, excluding the effects of rule changes.
  • Total France Travail registrants, including Categories B and C (reduced activity), increased by 4.5% to 5.7 million in Q1 2025.
  • The full-employment law, effective January 2025, has complicated unemployment statistics by introducing new rules for RSA beneficiaries and other groups.