The unemployment insurance compensation rules will harden from April 1 for all job seekers. This is what will change. Safeguard safeguarded receiving unemployment insurance are you job seekers? Please note, from April 1, the unemployment insurance compensation rules will change a new unemployment insurance agreement has indeed been approved by trade union organizations and employers at the end of last year. The text, which defines the entire regulations relating to unemployment allocation for the next four years, was initially applied from January 1, 2025. But the entry into force of the new rules was finally postponed on April 1 for technical reasons. Here is what will change for job seekers in the coming days. Preaming, the payment of unemployment benefits will now be monthly. Until now, job seekers have affected daily allowances. Each month, the amount of their allowances therefore varied according to the number of days in the month. From April 1, the unemployed will be compensated each month on the basis of 30 calendar days. With this new rules, they will lose 5 to 6 days of compensation per year, which represents a shortfall of 235 euros to 282 euros gross per year for a job seeker who affects the average daily allowance, which amounted in 2023 to 47 euros gross according to the ex-Pôle Emploi. Read also: Employment: “6% of the professions will disappear quickly with AI” The penalized seniors the rules will harden even more for seniors. Indeed, from April 1, the age terminal from which they will have the opportunity to benefit from an extension of 137 days (4 and a half) from the duration of compensation will be noted at 55, against 53 years earlier. Another change, so far, job seekers over the age of 53 benefited from an advantage, since their allowances were calculated from the work periods referenced over the last 36 months preceding the end of the contract, against 24 months for the other unemployed. From April 1, only seniors over 55 will be able to continue to benefit from this advantage. Finally, the last change concerns seasonal workers, who will have the opportunity to reach unemployment provided that they have worked at least 5 months in the last 24 months from April 1, 2025, against 6 months before. In addition, from April 1, the minimum compensation duration for seasonal workers will be set at 5 months. Receive our latest news every day, selecting the main news of the day. (tagstotranslate) CH u00f4mage
