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Training and unemployment: what are the rules?

Verified 07 April 2020 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

If you are unemployed, you can benefit from training to acquire additional skills or to learn a new trade.

If you are taking training validated by Pôle emploi, you can receive financial assistance under certain conditions.

You collect the RARE

You may continue to receive compensation for the duration of the training, subject to conditions.

Training must be validated by Pôle emploi as part of your personalized project for access to employment (PPAE).

Once you're on internship, you perceive training return to work assistance (Aref).

The Aref then replaces Return to Employment Assistance (RWA) during the training.

The Aref is paid within the limit of the fees remaining before your entry into training.

If the duration of the training is less than the duration of the entitlement, you will again benefit from the ARE.

When the duration of your training exceeds the duration of the remaining entitlements, you can benefit from the end-of-training fee (RFF). The RFF allows you to continue paying until the end of your training.

Please note

if you want to use the earned hours credit when you were an employee, you can take advantage of the personal training account (PTA).

You don't collect or no longer collect the RCA

If you do not collect or more Return to Employment Assistance (RWA) on the day of registration in training, you can benefit from the pôle emploi Training Fee (RFPE).

You can receive the CSR during all or part of your training.

Training must be approved by Pôle emploi.

Please note

if you want to use the earned hours credit when you were an employee, you can take advantage of the personal training account (PTA).

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