Unemployment benefits: a new calculation of entitlements from 1 October 2021

The recalculation of the daily reference wage now takes into account the gross wages received between the start of the first contract and the end of the last contract over a reference period of 24 months (36 months if you are 53 years of age or over). The total amount of such remuneration shall then be divided by the number of calendar days, worked and non-worked, during that reference period. However, the days not worked taken into account are capped (at 75% the number of days worked), in order to limit the consequences of the new method of calculating the allowance for employees whose previous periods of activity were particularly divided. In addition, the theoretical period during which an employee may receive entitlements is extended from an average of 11 months to 14 months.

It is still possible to combine earnings from a professional activity with unemployment benefit.