E/C.12/FRA/CO/4 (a) Adopt targeted measures to support the women who are at the greatest disadvantage in the labour market, including immigrant women, women living in priority urban zones and women residing in rural areas; (b) Develop occupational assessment tools with a view to revising wage levels in occupational groups in which women have traditionally been overrepresented; (c) Increase the representation of women in decision-making posts in public bodies and promote greater gender balance in businesses, irrespective of their size; (d) Raise public awareness of the responsibilities of men with regard to domestic chores and childcare by taking action to counter sexist stereotypes conveyed in textbooks and by the media; (e) Increase the amount of resources being invested in the development of the early childhood services that have been planned; (f) Raise public awareness of the provisions of Act No. 2012-954 of 6 August 2012 on sexual harassment and on the penalties for discrimination against a person subject to harassment. Unemployment 22. The Committee notes with concern that the unemployment rate, particularly youth unemployment, long-term unemployment and unemployment in the overseas departments and regions and overseas communities, remains high despite the measures adopted by the State party in that connection. The Committee is also concerned at the fact that the social benefits regime no longer matches up with the unemployment profile and that this mismatch deprives young people and the long-term unemployed of sufficient protection (art. 6). 23. The Committee recommends that the State party monitor the various mechanisms in place for unemployed persons and businesses, such as the youth guarantee programme, the plan for combating long-term unemployment and the schemes provided for under the Employment Security Act of 2013, in order to determine how effective they are in providing access to employment to target groups and in promoting hiring and job creation. It requests the State party to give unemployed persons in the overseas territories the resources required for finding work by investing in the development of learning opportunities and training programmes tailored to the local job market. The Committee also recommends that the State party take steps to ensure that unemployment benefits are adequate. It draws the State party’s attention to its general comment No. 18 (2005) on the right to work. The right to just and favourable working conditions 24. The Committee is concerned by the fact that derogations from acquired rights regarding working conditions, including derogations intended to increase the flexibility of the labour market, are being proposed in the current labour bill (draft legislation aimed at introducing new freedoms and new safeguards for businesses and workers) without it having been demonstrated that the State party has considered all other possible solutions (arts. 6 and 7). 25. The Committee urges the State party to make certain that the mechanisms for increasing the flexibility of the labour market that it is proposing do not have the effect of rendering employment less stable or reducing the social protection available to workers. It calls upon the Committee to ensure that any and all retrogressive measures relating to working conditions: GE.16-12027 5