Current compensation rules are extended until October 31

The current rules for unemployment insurance compensation are extended until October 31, 2024, according to a decree published on Wednesday, July 31 in the Official Journal. The decision will allow benefits to continue to be paid despite the uncertainty surrounding the fate of the reform carried out by the resigning government. These rules were first extended on July 1 for one month, after Prime Minister Gabriel Attal announced the suspension of the unemployment insurance reform on the evening of the first round of the legislative elections. This reform, aimed at tightening the conditions of access and the rules for compensation, was due to come into force at the beginning of December.

Pending a new government, probably not for several weeks, the executive has therefore once again extended “the regulatory provisions relating to the rules of compensation and contributions of the unemployment insurance scheme” to avoid a legal vacuum. And this until October 31 and no longer September 30 as initially planned. It will be up to the next government to decide on the rules from November 1, while the New Popular Front, which came out on top in the legislative elections, but without having an absolute majority in the National Assembly, has committed to repealing the reform promised by the Attal government.