The government of France announced on Monday that it had decided to scrap the youth employment law following widespread strikes across the country.
About 30 amendments were proposed to be made to the text, which will now go to the Senate (upper house) for a vote, which is expected to be held on Thursday and Parliament hopes to get the voting out of the way before it takes a break for the Easter holidays.
Employment Minister Jean-Louis Borloo presented an outline of the new provisions in an interview to the French Le Monde newspaper on Monday.
"The new bill establishes the principle of state aid to employers taking on young people in difficulties on a contract for an indeterminate period.
"These provisions concern the youngsters aged between 16 and 26 experiencing the greatest difficulties in gaining access to the labour market," Minister Jean-Louis Borloo said, and he told the National Assembly on Wednesday that the new law was mainly based on already existing measures.
