The redundancy payment provided for in article L. 1234-9 may not be less than a sum calculated per year of service in the company and taking into account the months of service completed beyond the full years. In the event of an incomplete year, the compensation is calculated in proportion to the number of full months.
Redundancy pay may not be less than the following amounts: 1° One quarter of a month’s salary per year of seniority for years up to ten years; 2° One third of a month’s salary per year of seniority for ten years or more.
The salary to be taken into consideration for the calculation of the redundancy payment is, according to the formula that is most advantageous for the employee:1° Either the monthly average of the last twelve months preceding the redundancy, or where the employee’s length of service is less than twelve months, the monthly average of the remuneration for all the months preceding the redundancy;2° Or one third of the last three…
The redundancy payment cannot be combined with any other payment of the same nature.
For the application of this Section 2, the number of employees and the rules for crossing workforce thresholds are determined in accordance with the procedures set out in Article L. 130-1 of the Social Security Code.
The work certificate contains only the following information: 1° The date on which the employee entered the company and the date on which he left; 2° The nature of the job or jobs successively held and the periods during which these jobs were held. 3° Repealed ; 4° Repealed.
The receipt in full and final settlement shall be drawn up in duplicate. This is mentioned on the receipt. One of the copies is given to the employee.
The receipt in full and final settlement shall be cancelled by registered letter.
At the time of expiry or termination of the employment contract, the employer will issue the employee with the certificates and evidence enabling him/her to exercise his/her rights to the benefits mentioned in article L. 5421-2 and will forward these same certificates to Pôle emploi without delay. Employers with at least eleven employees send this information to Pôle emploi electronically, unless they are unable to do so for reasons beyond…
A model certificate is drawn up by the body managing the unemployment insurance scheme.
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