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Factsheet for measure FR-2020-11/741 – Updated – measures in France
Country | France , applies nationwide |
Time period | Open ended, started on 12 March 2020 |
Context | COVID-19 |
Type | Legislations or other statutory regulations |
Category |
Employment protection and retention
– Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
Author | Frédéric Turlan (IRshare) and Eurofound |
Measure added | 20 April 2020 (updated 20 January 2022) |
Related ERM support instrument |
A decree of 16 April 2020 extends short-time work to new categories of workers who were not covered by the usual scheme. In general, the short-time work scheme entails that during the period of partial activity :
The provisions of the decree make it possible to calculate compensation for certain employees whose work organisation rules required special consideration. This decree is applicable to short-time compensation claims submitted from 12 March 2020 to 31 December 2020. For the two main categories of workers covered, the rules are the following:
Employees with a "forfait jours" in hours and days For employees whose working hours are fixed by a 'forfait-jours" agreement in hours or days over the year, both the allowance and the short-time work allowance are determined by taking into account the number of hours or days or half-days not worked by the employee. The number of hours taken into account is determined by converting a number of days or half-days into hours according to the following flat-rate periods:
a half-day not worked corresponds to 3.5 hours not worked;
Days of paid leave and rest taken during the period of suspension or reduction of activity, as well as public holidays not worked which correspond to working days, are converted into hours according to the same procedures.
The following updates to this measure have been made after it came into effect.
31 December 2021 |
A decree of 30 December perpetuates the methods for calculating the indemnity and the short-time working allowance specific to certain groups, which were not, or only partially, covered before the COVID-19 crisis. This applies in particular to employees with an annual day rate ("forfait jours"), sales representatives, entertainment workers and senior executives. |
No data available.
Workers | Businesses | Citizens |
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Employees in standard employment
Workers in non-standard forms of employment |
Does not apply to businesses | Does not apply to citizens |
Actors | Funding |
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National government
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National funds
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Social partners' role in designing the measure and form of involvement:
Trade unions | Employers' organisations | |
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Role | Consulted | Consulted |
Form | Direct consultation outside a formal body | Direct consultation outside a formal body |
Social partners' role in the implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:
The government has probably consulted social partners in the design phase of the measure
Not available.
Citation
Eurofound (2020), Extension of short-time work to new categories of workers, measure FR-2020-11/741 (measures in France), EU PolicyWatch, Dublin, https://static.eurofound.europa.eu/covid19db/cases/FR-2020-11_741.html
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