Overview
- The Senate’s vote Monday definitively adopted a law that expands tools to detect and punish social and tax fraud, with the government forecasting about €1.5 billion in recoveries.
- One flagship measure lets France Travail, the public job agency, suspend unemployment payments on serious signs of fraud for up to three months, with a right to appeal and a safeguard to keep basic household expenses covered pending a final decision.
- The law widens data access for checks, allowing departmental staff to consult bank statements to verify minimum-income benefits known as the RSA and letting health insurance use users’ connection logs to confirm suspected fraud.
- For companies, a new “flagrance sociale” procedure allows temporary seizure of assets when undeclared work is suspected, and a compromise adds a 48‑hour delay before the order takes effect.
- The package grew from 27 articles to more than 100 and also tightens rules for ride‑hail operators and training funded by the CPF, including exam attendance or reimbursement, while some provisions await implementing decrees and the left has vowed to seek court review.