In the event of safeguard or receivership proceedings or compulsory liquidation, or of financial difficulties on the part of the employer, the Prefect, or by delegation the Regional Director of Companies, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment, may arrange for the payment of the partial activity allowance to be made by the Agency for Services and Payment:
1° Directly to the employees ;
2° Or, where applicable, to the court-appointed agent responsible for paying compensation to employees or to the association mentioned in article L. 3253-14 when the latter is responsible for paying compensation to the court-appointed agent.
The procedure of direct payment by the Agence de services et de paiement of the allowance to employees may also be used to ensure, under the supervision of the employment services, the compensation of homeworkers usually employed by several employers.
In the cases mentioned in the first paragraph, the partial activity allowance may, by decision of the administrative authority, be liquidated by the Services and Payment Agency before the end of the month, when the company is unable to ensure the monthly payment of partial activity allowances to employees.