Revalued unemployment insurance benefits from 0.5% on July 1

Unemployment insurance benefits will be revalued by 0.5% on July 1, the Unédic said on Wednesday 25 June which specifies that “2.1 million beneficiaries are affected”. “This decision takes into account both the current economic situation and the need to preserve the financial balance of the regime”affirms the organization managed by the unions and employer organizations in a press release. It was taken during a board of directors, and was passed “To the majority of votes”Adds the Unédic. The minimum allowance thus goes from 31.97 euros per day to 32.13 euros.

“For the unemployment insurance scheme, the amount of revaluation expenses would amount to 58 million euros for 2025 and 81 million for 2026”Add the press release. In its latest financial forecasts in mid-June, the Unédic indicated providing a deficit of 300 million euros in 2025 and pointed out a debt deletement “paralyzed” With 59.8 billion euros in debt expected in 2025.

In France, employees are provided against unemployment risk. But all job seekers are not compensated, far from it – for some because they have not worked long enough. At the beginning of 2024, 40% of job seekers registered in France work were compensated.