Conventional termination: why the government is considering putting an end to this system which allows you to receive unemployment benefits

La rupture conventionnelle existe depuis 2008. MAXPPP – Christian LANTENOIS l'Union/l'Ardennais

L'idée avait été évoquée en novembre par l'exécutif et elle semble devenir de plus en plus concrète. Mais qu'est-ce que la rupture conventionnelle et pourquoi le gouvernement songe à la supprimer ?

Each side comes to an amicable agreement. This is the idea behind the principle of conventional termination. This system makes it possible to terminate a permanent contract and in the same case, the employee can claim unemployment benefits.

"The executive notes that this system, born in 2008 following an agreement between employers and unions, has now been implemented. Today there are perverse effects on employment, indicates La Tribune. Indeed, the number of conventional terminations increased from around 395,000 in 2017 to more than half a million in 2022, according to the Ministry of Labor, an increase of 27.4 % in five years.

Excess too high for unemployment insurance

So the government would consider removing this system, as reported by the media Marianne. Already in November, the government was not comfortable with this method of contract termination. According to Matignon, the conventional termination would, too advantageously, accompany thousands of employees into unemployment.

This would generate very significant expenditure for unemployment insurance, while inflating the unemployment figures.