Meeting on Wednesday, the President of the Republic and the social partners reached an agreement on the new system of partial unemployment. It should compensate employees at 84% of net salary with a remaining charge of 15% for companies for a maximum of two years.

The new long-term partial unemployment scheme, which will require a collective agreement, will come into force on July 1 and will compensate employees at 84% of net salary with a 15% remaining charge for companies for a maximum of two years. , said the Elysée on Wednesday, after a meeting with the social partners.

Reduced to 72% of net salary from October 1

This system will be more advantageous than the classic partial unemployment scheme, which from October 1 will only compensate employees up to 72% of net salary with a 40% remaining charge for companies.