In France, the number of conventional ruptures recorded was 440,000 last year according to statistics published Friday evening by the Ministry of Labor. They are up 1.5% compared to 2018, much less than between 2014 and 2017 when their increase was around + 7% each year.

The number of contractual terminations of employment contract stood at 440,000 last year in France, a slight increase compared to 2018 (+ 1.5%). The increase is however much less pronounced than in previous years, according to statistics released Friday by the direction of studies and research of the Ministry of Labor (Dares). The increase was on average 7% each year between 2014 and 2017. It was therefore in 2018 that a slowdown appeared, when the labor market began to regain some momentum.

Decline in conventional ruptures among employees

La Dares does not however advance on a possible link between the two phenomena. There could be a form of logic: when companies find it increasingly difficult to recruit in certain sectors, they would then be less inclined to let their employees leave. If the explanation seems to hold water for the employees, whose number of contractual ruptures decreased slightly last year, it does not apply to the executives. As far as they are concerned, amicable ruptures increased significantly in 2019.

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Executives get better conditions

In terms of compensation, executives who break up with their business are doing better. They earned an average of 0.30 months 'wages per year of service, while employees and workers had to make do with 0.25 months' wages per year of service.