The recovery is remarkable. After losing 16% of its workforce between 2015 and 2021, the labor inspection has become a bit crowded. It currently has 1,867 control agents, compared to 1,758 at the end of 2023 and just over 1,700 in December 2022. This is one of the lessons of the report presented on Wednesday, November 13, by Pierre Ramain, head of the General Directorate of Labor (DGT), during a press conference. This administration, whose role is fundamental in enforcing the law in companies, seems to be on the way to resolving the vocations crisis that affected it a few years ago.
Like many other state services, the labor inspection has seen the number of its agents decrease over the last decade. This reduction is part of a global movement aimed at controlling payroll expenses. But it was particularly strong for officials placed under the authority of the DGT. In addition, difficulties arose in renewing equipment. In a report published at the end of February, the Court of Auditors concluded that the labor inspection suffered from a “attractiveness deficit”highlighted by the drop in the number of people who take the exams to join this body of civil servants (−47% between 2015 and 2019).
However, the situation has improved, according to the DGT, thanks to the measures adopted to promote the profession: promotion campaign on social networks and at fairs, creation of a “ambassador network” between control agents, etc. “It allowed us to reverse the trend”Ramain stressed on Wednesday. The number of candidates for the competition increased and 418 recruitment officers were recruited in 2023-2024, which was welcome for a service where there is a significant proportion of people approaching the end of their careers.
A “recent increase” in incidents
Ramain also returned to the issue of the safety of screening officers, which Labor Minister Astrid Panosyan-Bouvet had raised a week earlier during a hearing in the National Assembly. “Since my appointmentshe said, It is a fact that caught my attention: not a week went by without labor inspectors being physically and verbally attacked during their inspections. With a form of accommodation, it must be said, and a tolerance in public opinion that is absolutely unacceptable. »
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