The unemployment rate for France is all time high - 10%. The France right-wing Government passed a law known as CPE, the "Contract Premiere Embauche" (In English, the "First Employment Contract"). The CPE applies to those under 26 years old and gives the employer the right to terminate the new hire's within two years without giving to any reason.
On March 7, up to a million people in France demonstrated in opposition to the CPE.
The daily update on the France demonstration can be access via the blog of "Unrest in France".
From the Malaysian perspective, the France CPE is a piece of legislation that discriminates against the youth and transgress to the fundamental liabilities of right to life. According to the Malaysia Court of Appeal in the case of Tan Tek Seng, right to life in Article 5 of Federal Constitution is inclusive of right to livelihood. Furthermore, Article 8 is an equality clause and guarantees the procedural fairness in the dismissal hearing. The employers in Malaysia have to hold domestic inquiry and state the reason before terminate an employee.
I will write more on the employment safety net in the next blog.
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