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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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Article L5422-4 of the French Labour Code

The claim for payment of the insurance allowance is submitted to Pôle emploi by the unemployed worker within two years of the date of registration as a jobseeker. The notification of the decision relating to the request for payment of the insurance allowance taken by Pôle emploi mentions, on pain of nullity, the deadlines and channels for appeal. The action for payment is preceded by the submission of the claim…

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Article L5422-5 of the French Labour Code

An action for repayment of an insurance allowance that has been wrongly paid is time-barred after three years. In the event of fraud or misrepresentation, the limitation period is ten years. These periods run from the date on which the sums were paid.

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Article L5422-6 of the French Labour Code

When, due to the particular conditions of practice of a profession, the conditions of previous activity for admission to the insurance allowance are not met, adjustments may be made to these conditions of activity as well as to the duration of compensation and the rates of the allowance under conditions laid down, depending on the case, by the agreement provided for in article L. 5422-20 or by decree of the…

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Article L5422-7 of the French Labour Code

Workers deprived of employment are entitled to the insurance allowance, regardless of whether the employer complies with its obligations under Section 3, the regulatory provisions and the contractual stipulations adopted for its implementation.

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