Termination of permanent employment contract (CDI)
Verified 22 November 2021 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
The contract of indefinite duration (CDI) may be terminated at any time, at the initiative of the employer or the employee or by mutual agreement by a contractual termination. Documents must be given to the employee at the end of the employment contract (certificate of employment, Pôle emploi certificate, balance of any summary account of the wage savings schemes).
An employer may terminate an employment contract with an employee in any of the following situations:
- During the trial period without any particular reason
- Economic redundancy
- Dismissal for personal reasons
- Ex officio retirement
- In case of force majeure
The employer must provide you with all of the following:
- Work Certificate
- Pôle emploi Attestation
- Balance of all accounts
- Participation schemes, profit-sharing schemes, wage savings plans within the company, summary statement of all sums and securities saved
You can terminate your employment contract in the following cases:
- Or in the context of a voluntary breach of the contract of employment
- Either during the trial period without any particular reason
- Or in the case of voluntary retirement
- Or as part of a judicial termination
- Or as part of a acknowledgement
The employer must provide you with all of the following:
- Work Certificate
- Pôle emploi Attestation
- Balance of all accounts
- Participation schemes, profit-sharing schemes, wage savings plans within the company, summary statement of all sums and securities saved
The employee and the employer may jointly agree to terminate the employment contract by signing a conventional break.
The employer must provide you with all of the following:
- Work Certificate
- Pôle emploi Attestation
- Balance of all accounts
- Participation schemes, profit-sharing schemes, wage savings plans within the company, summary statement of all sums and securities saved
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