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Resignation and unemployed workers: a right to unemployment under conditions since the entry into force of the "Professional Future" law
As a reminder, an employee could only receive unemployment benefit when his or her employment contract was terminated by redundancy or contractual termination. However, when resigning, the employee could not expect to receive this allowance. Law No. 2018-771 of 5 September 2018 made it possible to open up unemployment insurance benefit to workers who have resigned and have a reconversion project. It should also be noted that the law establishes the principle of extending unemployment compensation to self-employed workers, which will be paid, under certain conditions, to self-employed workers in the event of involuntary cessation of their activity. Two implementing decrees have been published in the Official Journal: - Decree No. 2019-796 of 26 July 2019 on new compensation rights, various measures relating to workers deprived of employment and the experimentation of a job search diary, - Decree No. 2019-797 of 26 July 2019 on the unemployment insurance scheme. In the event of an employee's resignation, Decree No. 2019-797 of 26 July 2019 provides that the resigning employee must meet certain conditions in order to be eligible for unemployment insurance: - be fit for work ; - look for a job; and - meet specific conditions of previous activity; - pursue a serious professional retraining project requiring training or a project to create or take over a business. Article 2 of the Decree of 26 July 2019 on the unemployment insurance scheme states that "employees whose loss of employment is involuntary are entitled to the return-to-work allowance. This condition is met by employees whose loss of employment results from : - redundancy ; - the end of a fixed-term employment contract, in particular a contract for a specific purpose, or a mission contract - early termination of a fixed-term employment contract, in particular a contract with a defined purpose, or a mission contract, at the initiative of the employer; - a breach of an employment contract resulting from one of the causes set out in Article L. 1233-3 of the Labour Code. The retraining project must be of a real and serious nature, as attested by the regional interprofessional joint commission, created in each region in particular to provide financial support for professional transition projects. The employee must therefore send a request to the commission by any means giving a certain date.The commission makes its decision on seriousness, which will be based on the different criteria. If the answer is positive, the employee has 6 months to apply for unemployment benefit. Regarding the condition relating to the exercise of a previous activity: The employee must provide proof of a duration of affiliation corresponding to periods of employment completed in one or more companies. It is at least 1300 days worked during the 60 months preceding the end of the contract. Regarding the job search carried out by the resigning employee: During the retraining project, to fulfill the job search condition required to benefit from unemployment insurance, it will be sufficient for the worker to be registered as a job seeker and completes the necessary steps to implement its project. These procedures will be monitored by Pôle emploi at the latest after 6 months, which may decide to deregister the beneficiary in the absence of real procedures. Finally, regarding the duration of compensation: The duration of compensation giving rise to payment of the allowance cannot be less than 182 calendar days nor more than 730 calendar days. For the unemployed employees aged at least 53 and under 55 on the end date of their employment contract, this limit is increased to 913 calendar days. For unemployed employees aged 55 and over on the end date of their employment contract, this limit is increased to 1,095 calendar days. Are deducted from this number of calendar days corresponding to the number of calendar days, the days located outside a period during which the person concerned benefits from an employment contract, corresponding to: – maternity periods and periods of compensation granted to the adoptive mother or father; – maternity periods compensated under welfare provision; – periods of sick leave lasting more than fifteen consecutive days; – during periods of work accident as well as periods of illness of occupational origin; – periods of professional activity not declared by the job seeker. This Law aims to secure career paths and provides the means to recreate themselves in their choices and their professional project.
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