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Flat-rate €500 bonus for laid-off employees not entitled to unemployment insurance

The decree of 27 March 2009 creates a one-off €500 State bonus for employees who involuntarily lose their job between 1 April 2009 and 31 March 2010 and are not entitled to unemployment insurance benefit. They must have worked at least 305 hours as employees in the previous twenty-eight months, below the contribution period required for unemployment insurance. The bonus is managed by Pôle emploi and must be claimed within six months.

Measure originators

InitiatorGVT

Christine Lagarde

Gouvernement

Amount

500 €

Impact on public finances

Costs 117 m € (over several years)2009 estimate · State

Source of the estimate: Sénat, rapport n° 306 (2008-2009) sur le projet de loi de finances rectificative pour 2009 (Indirect official figure)

A positive amount is revenue or savings for public finances; a negative amount is a cost or lost revenue.

Effective date

1 April 2009

Measure impact

Employees with short or discontinuous jobs (such as the end of fixed-term or temporary contracts) who lose their job between April 2009 and March 2010 receive €500 in a single payment. The Senate finance committee report on the second 2009 amending finance bill estimates the total cost at €117 million.