Professional Security Allowance (ASP)

Verified 13 March 2025 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

In the case of dismissal on economic grounds, where the employee accept the professional security contract (CSP), France Travail (formerly Pôle emploi) paid him financial aid called occupational security allowance (ASP). We're doing an update on the regulations.

Warning  

The rules differ according to seniority of the employee at the time of rupture.

Seniority is calculated:

  • Either on the date of submission of the letter of notification of dismissal, where it is notified before the end of the 21-day cooling-off period left to the employee to accept or refuse the CSP
  • On the last day of the 21-day cooling-off period, where the letter of dismissal has not yet been notified.

1 year of service or more

The employee can estimate the amount of his occupational security allowance using a simulator:

Calculate the amount and duration of the occupational security allowance

Please note

The amount of such allowance shall be at least equal to the amount of Return-to-Work Allowance (RWA) which the employee would have received in the event of dismissal without CSP.

The occupational security allowance is paid each month, in due course, to the beneficiary who has updated his situation with France Travail (formerly Pôle emploi).

The occupational security allowance is payable the day after the end of the employment contract.

There is no deferred compensation, or waiting period.

Please note

In the event of accession to the CSP on a proposal from the France Travail (formerly Pôle emploi) adviser, the payment of the ESL shall start as from the day following the end of the 21-day reflection period.

The occupational security allowance shall be paid for a period of 12 months from the entry into force of the professional security contract (CSP), irrespective of the period of membership which the beneficiary of the CSP justifies.

No, the payment of the occupational security allowance is not degressive.

Yes, the payment of the occupational security allowance (ESL) is suspended in the following cases:

  • Resumption of an employed activity in the form of a fixed-term employment contract or a temporary employment contract of at least 3 days and less than 6 months in France or abroad
  • Social security coverage of the beneficiary of the ESL and daily allowances (e.g. in case of illness or accident)
  • Payment of one of the following benefits: supplement to the free choice of activity of the early childhood care benefit or shared child-rearing benefit (educational parental leave), daily caregiving allowance (caregiving leave), daily allowance for family solidarity leave (family solidarity leave), daily parental attendance allowance (parental leave)
  • Beneficiary no longer residing in metropolis, the overseas departments (with the exception of Mayotte), Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Barthélemy and Saint Martin
  • Civic service engagement
  • Lack of update by the beneficiary of its monthly situation.

Payment is suspended for the duration of the event.

The payment of the occupational security allowance (ASP) cease permanently in the following cases:

  • Resumption of an employed activity in the form of an employment contract of indefinite duration, a fixed-term contract or a temporary employment contract of less than 3 days or of at least 6 months
  • Cases of termination of the CPMP benefit (refusal of reclassification or training action, for example)
  • Creating or Resuming company
  • Final departure of the beneficiary of the SPA abroad
  • Resumption of self-employed professional activity in France or abroad
  • Full Retirement Age Achieved by PSO Recipient
  • Early retirement taken by the beneficiary of the ESL.

Yes, the occupational security allowance is subject to social contributions (CSGCSG : Generalized social contribution, CRDSCRDS : Contribution towards the repayment of social debt and supplementary retirement).

Yes, the occupational security allowance is subject to income tax.

If, at the end of the job security contract, the employee is still looking for a job, he can receive unemployment benefit and return-to-work assistance (ARE).

The RCA is paid without deferred compensation, or waiting time.

The duration of the compensation shall be reduced by the number of days during which the employee received the occupational security allowance.

Less than one year

The employee can estimate the amount of his occupational security allowance using a simulator:

Calculate the amount and duration of the occupational security allowance

The occupational security allowance is paid each month, in due course, to the beneficiary who has updated his situation with France Travail (formerly Pôle emploi).

The occupational security allowance is payable the day after the end of the employment contract.

There is no deferred compensation, or waiting period.

Please note

In the event of accession to the CSP on a proposal from the France Travail (formerly Pôle emploi) adviser, the payment of the ESL shall start as from the day following the end of the 21-day reflection period.

The employee can estimate the duration of the payment of his occupational security allowance using a calculation simulator:

Calculate the amount and duration of the occupational security allowance

No, the payment of the occupational security allowance is not degressive.

Yes, the payment of the occupational security allowance (ESL) is suspended in the following cases:

  • Resumption of an employed activity in the form of a fixed-term employment contract or a temporary employment contract of at least 3 days and less than 6 months in France or abroad
  • Social security coverage of the beneficiary of the ESL and daily allowances (e.g. in case of illness or accident)
  • Payment of one of the following benefits: supplement to the free choice of activity of the early childhood care benefit or shared child-rearing benefit (educational parental leave), daily caregiving allowance (caregiving leave), daily allowance for family solidarity leave (family solidarity leave), daily parental attendance allowance (parental leave)
  • Beneficiary no longer residing in metropolis, the overseas departments (with the exception of Mayotte), Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Barthélemy and Saint Martin
  • Civic service engagement
  • Lack of update by the beneficiary of its monthly situation.

Payment is suspended for the duration of the event.

The payment of the occupational security allowance (ASP) cease permanently in the following cases:

  • Resumption of an employed activity in the form of an employment contract of indefinite duration, a fixed-term contract or a temporary employment contract of less than 3 days or of at least 6 months
  • Cases of termination of the CPMP benefit (refusal of reclassification or training action, for example)
  • Creating or Resuming company
  • Final departure of the beneficiary of the SPA abroad
  • Resumption of self-employed professional activity in France or abroad
  • Full Retirement Age Achieved by PSO Recipient
  • Early retirement taken by the beneficiary of the ESL.

Yes, the occupational security allowance is subject to social contributions (CSGCSG : Generalized social contribution, CRDSCRDS : Contribution towards the repayment of social debt and supplementary retirement).

Yes, the occupational security allowance is subject to income tax.

If, at the end of the job security contract, the employee is still looking for a job, he can receive unemployment benefit and return-to-work assistance (ARE).

The RCA is paid without deferred compensation, or waiting time.

The duration of the compensation shall be reduced by the number of days during which the employee received the occupational security allowance.

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