Publication in the Official Journal of the decree on the reform of unemployment insurance

The text of 5 articles is consistent with the arbitrations unveiled in early March by the government to "adapt" the reform suspended since the Covid crisis.

It confirms the entry into force on July 1 of the modification of the calculation of the daily reference salary (SJR, base of the allowance), with a floor mechanism.

The reform also creates, as planned, a "bonus-malus" on the unemployment insurance contribution for companies in sectors that are large consumers of precarious contracts, with a first reference year which will begin on July 1 for an application on contributions from September 2022. The sectors most affected by the crisis will be excluded on a temporary basis.

Still as announced, the decree provides for a "return to better fortune" clause on the opening and reloading of rights and the degression of allowances for high salaries.

The tightening of eligibility conditions will be reduced from 4 to 6 months when there is both a drop of "at least 130.000" job seekers registered with Pôle emploi in category A "over the last six months" and 2,7 million pre-employment declarations of more than one month over four consecutive months. The achievement of the two objectives will be recorded by decree, and the consequences drawn within 3 months.

The degressivity will take place in the 9th month from July 1, a period reduced to the 7th month according to the same indicators, "measured from April 1, 2021".

To measure the drop in unemployment, the decree specifies that in the event of strict confinement for at least four consecutive weeks, the count may be suspended.