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France's employers' group Medef is defending its ideas to combat youth unemployment, despite union backlash. The proposal for a special open-ended contract for under-30s has sparked controversy, drawing comparisons to the 2006 CPE. The government says the idea is not on the agenda.

2 Mwezi wa pili, 2026 Imeripotiwa na AI

Colombia's rural sector recorded 4.8 million occupied people in 2025, the highest figure since 2021, according to DANE. The rural unemployment rate dropped to 6.7%, the lowest in seven years, driven by 103,000 new jobs in agriculture. Agriculture Minister Martha Carvajalino credited these advances to policies under President Gustavo Petro's government.

Tume ya Kuwaajiri Watumishi wa Umma (PSC) inaomba kuongezwa Sh3 bilioni kwenye bajeti ili kuwaajiri wafanyakazi wapya kujaza nafasi za wakongwe wanaostaafu. Zaidi ya nusu ya watumishi wa umma watafikia umri wa kustaafu katika miaka mitano ijayo, na hii inatishia utendakazi wa tume hiyo. Mwenyekiti anayeondoka Anthony Muchiri ameelzemisha bajeti hii ili kupunguza pengo la wafanyakazi.

24 Mwezi wa kwanza, 2026 Imeripotiwa na AI

Sociologist Dominique Méda denounces in a chronicle the four failures of Emmanuel Macron's employment policy since 2017. She analyzes Bruno Retailleau's economic program, presented on January 7, as a hardening of this approach without drawing lessons from it. Méda highlights France's employment rate lower than that of European partners.