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In 2023, 68.4% of people aged 15 to 64 are employed, as defined by the International Labour Office (ILO). The employment rate rose by 0.3 percentage points over the year, reaching its highest level since INSEE began measuring it in 1975. The employment rate for young people slowed significantly after two years of sharp increases, while the employment rate for older people continued to grow steadily.
The share of fixed-term and temporary employment fell by 0.4 percentage points year-on-year, falling back to the 2021 level of 9.8%.
Remote work has become a habit for employees since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, with 18.8% of employees expressing concern. However, on average, remote workers are working remotely less days per week than in 2022.
In 2023, the share of the employed population in part-time employment (17.4%) stabilized after five consecutive years of decline. On the other hand, the underemployment rate continued to decline and accounted for 4.4% of the employed population, 1.4 percentage points below the pre-crisis level.
After seven consecutive years of decline, the unemployment rate stabilized in 2023 at an average of 7.3%, 3.0 percentage points below its level in 2015. The share of unemployment aura increased by 0.2 percentage points in one year and returned to the level of 2021 (4.6% for people aged 15 to 64).
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