The governments. Prior to the new law, an employer would actually have to have an employee on video stealing in order to fire him (not just because of bankruptcy).
Because of the extreme difficulty in firing bad employees, business owners have been reluctant to hire anyone at all, even to expand a business because they never know who they might get stuck with.
My information comes from a co-worker who is French (now a US citizen), who used to own a business in France. He left the country because of laws like that. He also got tired of the French government letting every third world turd into the country.
The new law will actually reduce unemployment because business owners will be able to fire non-performing workers during those first two years. Businesses will not be so hesitant to expand the workforce. French socialist will have to get out of bed before noon if they want to keep their jobs.
Thank you for the information!