Faced with the health crisis and its economic and social consequences, the French Ministry of Labour, Employment and Professional Integration has provided wide-ranging and rapid support to companies and employees. In addition to emergency measures implemented in the early stages and extended beyond the original term, from summer 2020 a range of measures meeting various objectives aimed at taking into account new emergencies and preparing for the post-crisis period were implemented. The resources committed to the Ministry in charge of employment are unprecedented: for an executed budget of €13.4 billion in cash-limit appropriations in 2019 and €31.8 billion in 2020, the General Delegation for Employment and Vocational Training had €29.8 billion available at the beginning of 2021, not including the financing by the Unédic of certain measures or the additional appropriations provided during the year.
