Since Friday May 1, 2.1 million employees have seen their status change in this particular period of health crisis linked to the coronavirus. Until now, they have benefited from a derogatory work stoppage, either to babysit their children under 16, or because they were considered vulnerable to the virus. This scheme was partly funded by Health Insurance and partly by the employer. From now on, these employees are supported by partial unemployment, therefore by the State with the assistance of Unédic. But what does it change?
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Before the system change, the 2.1 million employees received daily social security benefits supplemented by a contribution from the employer. Concretely, the employee was guaranteed to receive 90% of his gross salary at the end of the month. Problem: after 30 days, in the case of work stoppages compensated by Social Security, the employer's complement decreases. For example, for an employee with 5 years of seniority, the compensation drops to 66% of the amount of the gross salary.
The government has therefore decided to transfer the employees covered by this system to the partial activity system. The latter offers constant compensation: 84% of the amount of net salary and 100% for people paid minimum wage.
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Two scenarios for switching from one system to another
And how does the switch from one device to another take place? Two cases. If the employee was off work for childcare under the age of 16, he must simply warn his employer that he still cannot return to work because of the health crisis. In the second case, that is to say if the employee was on sick leave for vulnerability to the coronavirus or for accompanying a vulnerable person, he must have a medical certificate drawn up, then send it to his employer.