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Title II: Compensation for unemployed workers

Article L5421-2 of the French Labour Code

Replacement income takes the form of: 1° An insurance allowance, as provided for in Chapter II of this Title; 2° Solidarity allowances, as provided for in Chapter III; 3° An allowance for self-employed workers and other allowances and indemnities governed by special schemes, as provided for in Chapter IV.

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Article L5421-3 of the French Labour Code

The condition of seeking employment required to benefit from a replacement income is met if the persons concerned are registered as jobseekers and carry out, on their own initiative or at the suggestion of one of the organisations mentioned in article L. 5311-2, positive and repeated acts with a view to finding a job or setting up, taking over or developing a business. A decree of the Conseil d’Etat shall…

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Article L5421-4 of the French Labour Code

Replacement income ceases to be paid : 1° Recipients who have reached the age specified in article L. 161-17-2 of the Social Security Code and who can prove that they have completed the insurance period, defined in the second paragraph of article L. 351-1 of the Social Security Code, required for entitlement to a full-rate old-age pension; 2° Recipients reaching the age stipulated in 1° of article L. 351-8 of…

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Article L5422-1 of the French Labour Code

I.-Employees who are fit for work and looking for work, who meet the conditions of age and previous activity, and whose : 1° Either the loss of employment is involuntary, or is treated as involuntary by the agreements relating to unemployment insurance mentioned in article L. 5422-20 ; 2° Or the employment contract has been terminated by agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in articles L….

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Article L5422-1-1 of the French Labour Code

In order to benefit from the insurance allowance under II of article L. 5422-1, prior to resigning, the employee requests professional development advice from the institutions, bodies or operators mentioned in article L. 6111-6, with the exception of Pôle emploi and the bodies mentioned in article L. 5314-1, under the conditions set out in article L. 6111-6. Where applicable, the institution, body or operator in charge of career development advice…

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Article L5422-2 of the French Labour Code

The insurance allowance is granted for limited periods that take into account the age of the persons concerned and their previous professional activity. These periods may also take into account any training undertaken by the persons concerned. They may not be less than the periods determined by decree of the Conseil d’Etat.

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Article L5422-2-1 of the French Labour Code

Unexhausted rights to insurance benefit from previous periods of compensation are taken into account, in whole or in part, in the calculation of the duration and amount of rights when a new period of compensation is opened, under the conditions defined in the unemployment insurance agreements referred to in article L. 5422-20.

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Article L5422-2-2 of the French Labour Code

The conditions of previous activity for opening or topping up entitlements and the duration of entitlement to insurance benefits may be adjusted to take account of cyclical indicators on employment and the functioning of the labour market.

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Article L5422-3 of the French Labour Code

The insurance allowance is calculated either on the basis of the remuneration previously received, subject to a ceiling, or on the basis of the remuneration used to calculate the contributions referred to in 1° of article L. 5422-9 and article L. 5422-11. It may not exceed the net amount of remuneration previously received. It may include a degressive rate depending on the age of the persons concerned and the duration…

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