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Unemployment insurance reform: what measures apply from 1 December?
Publié le 23 novembre 2021 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
Two measures of the unemployment insurance reform enter into force on 1er December 2021. The degressivity of unemployment benefit from 7e months for the highest incomes and the new rules on eligibility for unemployment insurance for workers deprived of employment from 1er December 2021. Indeed, the conditions for a lasting improvement in the employment situation were met on 1 October. An order issued in Official Journal of 20 November 2021 fixed at 1er December 2021 when the measures of the unemployment insurance reform come into force.
Noting completion on 1er October 2021 of the two conditions to which these measures were subject, the degressivity of unemployment benefit from 7e months for the highest incomes and the new conditions of eligibility for unemployment insurance enter into force on 1er December 2021.
The end of the application of the transitional provisions provided for by the decree of 14 April 2020 is set at 1er December 2021. This is indicated in the Order of November 18, 2021, published in the Official Journal of 20 November 2021.
Degressivity of the allowance for high incomes
The following two conditions, indicating a lasting improvement in the employment situation, were met at 1er october 2021:
- the total number of pre-employment declarations (PEDs) for contracts of more than one month outside the acting period was to exceed a threshold (set at 2,700,000) over a period of 4 consecutive months;
- the number of job seekers in category A was expected to have decreased by at least 130,000 in the last 6 months.
Thus, from 1er december 2021, the degressivity of the unemployment benefit for the highest earners takes place from 7e month.
This measure will apply to persons whose employment contract ends on or after 1er December 2021, with the exception of those whose dismissal proceedings were initiated before that date.
The degressivity will take place at the earliest from June 2022 for those who have opened their right to unemployment on 1er December 2021.
FYI
Since 1er July 2021, the degressivity of the allocation (- 30%) applicable to employees under 57 years of age with a previous income of more than €4,500 gross per month shall take place from 9e month, that is, after 8 months of compensation. The degressivity will take place from March 2022 for those who have opened their right to unemployment on 1er July 2021.
The 6-month statement at the end of which the degressivity applies had been suspended between 1er March 2020 and June 30, 2021, for a total of 487 days. He started shooting again since the 1ster July 2021.
Conditions for eligibility for unemployment insurance
From 1er December 2021, the conditions for entitlement to unemployment are changing. In order to be eligible for unemployment insurance, one must have worked for six months in the last 24 months.
This condition shall apply to persons deprived of employment whose employment contract has ended as from 1er December 2021.
For persons whose dismissal procedure was initiated before 1er December 2021, the current conditions apply: you must have worked 4 months in the last 24 months to receive the Return to Employment Benefit (RWA).
FYI
Since 1er in july 2021, a bonus-malus is introduced for companies in sectors that are heavy consumers of short contracts in order to encourage them to offer better quality contracts to employees.
The hiring behavior of companies with 11 or more employees, who are among the sectors that rely most on short-term contracts, will be observed for 12 months. If, after one year, they do not offer more durable contracts to the employees they employ, an additional contribution to unemployment insurance, up to 1% of payroll, will be asked of them. Conversely, if they offer contracts of better quality than the average of other companies, their contribution will be reduced.
Companies with less than 250 employees will be able to benefit from specific support to change their work organization and hiring practices if necessary. This benefit will last up to 30 days and will be provided by a human resources consultancy and funded by the regional directorates for the economy, employment, labor and solidarity (DREETS).
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