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Caregiver leave in the public service
Verified 01 January 2025 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
One of your relatives is disabled or losing their independence ? You can, in some cases, temporarily stop working or work part-time, as part of a caregiving leave, to take care of him. We give you details of the information to know according to your public service of origin (State - FPE, territorial - FPT, hospital - FPH).
What applies to you ?
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In what cases can compassionate care leave be granted?
You can ask to temporarily cease your professional activity or of working part-time on compassionate care leave to care for a disabled or losing relative.
The person accompanied may be one of the following:
- Your spouse
- A child in your care (as defined in family benefits)
- One ascendant
- One descendant
- One collateral until 4th degree
- An ascendant, descendant, or collateral to 4e degree of your spouse
- An elderly or disabled person with whom you reside or have a close and stable relationship, and to whom you regularly and frequently assist, on a non-professional basis, in performing all or part of the activities of daily life.
Your employer administration cannot refuse you leave.
How long is the caregiving leave?
The duration of the leave shall be Up to 3 months renewable up to one year over your entire career.
The leave is counted in calendar days so you are entitled to 365 days of leave.
You can take your leave in one of the following ways:
- In one continuous period
- Split in periods of at least half a day
- In the form of a part-time.
The duration of the leave consumed corresponds according to the conditions of use chosen:
- On the recognized days from the start date to the end date of the leave when it is used on an ongoing basis
- On days off taken in case of fractional use
- The duration equal to the ratio between the duration of the leave taken as part-time and the duration resulting from the service obligations laid down for a staff member working full-time to be counted in days or half-days.
How do I apply for caregiving leave?
In order to benefit from caregiving leave, you must send your employer administration a written request, at least one month before the start of the leave.
In case of renewal from your leave, you must send your written request at least 15 days before the end of your current vacation period.
You must specify in your application the estimated leave dates and the how you want to use it (continuous, split or part-time).
In support of your application, you must provide subsequent supporting documents :
- Statement on the honor of your family relationship with the person being assisted or the assistance provided to an elderly or disabled person with whom you reside or have close and stable ties
- Honor declaration stating that you have not already taken caregiving leave during your career or the length of time you have taken this leave.
Your application must also be accompanied by a copy of one of the following documents:
- Copy of the decision justifying a rate of permanent incapacity at least equal to 80% if the person being assisted is a dependent disabled child or disabled adult
- Copy of the award decisionCustom Autonomy Allowance (Apa) if the person being assisted suffers from a loss of autonomy.
If the person being assisted is receiving one of the following benefits, you must also attach a copy of the decision to grant that benefit:
- Surcharge for constant assistance from a third party or supplementary benefit for recourse to third parties
- Special supplement to an official's pension for assistance of a third person
- Surcharge of the temporary invalidity allowance
- Third-party increase to military pension.
You can change the forecast dates and terms of use you choose from your leave. You must inform your employer authority in writing at least 48 hours in advance.
In case of emergency, the time limits for requesting, renewing or amending leave shall not apply in the following cases:
- Sudden deterioration in the state of health of the person being assisted
- Crisis situation requiring urgent action on your part
- Abrupt cessation of the residential accommodation enjoyed by the assisted person.
In this case, the leave may commence or be renewed without delay.
You must transmit, within 8 days, to your employer authority, any of the following:
- Medical certificate attesting to the sudden deterioration of the state of health of the assisted person or crisis situation requiring urgent action on your part
- Certificate of abrupt cessation of residential accommodation.
You can early termination or waiver of leave in the following cases:
- Death of the assisted person
- Admission of the assisted person to an establishment
- Dramatically reduce your resources
- Use of a home help service to assist the person being helped
- Caregiver leave taken by another family member
- If your condition requires it.
You must inform your employer authority in writing at least 15 days before the date on which you wish to terminate or renounce your leave.
In the event of the death of the assisted person, this period shall be reduced to 8 days.
How is compassionate care leave paid?
Caregiver leave is not paid. But, you can benefit from a daily caregiving allowance (AJPA) on behalf of CafCaf : Family Allowance Fund.
To do this, you have to fill in a form and send it to your Cof:
Application for payment of the daily caregiving allowance (AJPA)
Your application for the allowance must be accompanied by a certificate from your employer's administration stating that you are entitled to caregiving leave.
The amount of the allowance shall be €65.80 per day and to €32.90 per half-day.
Please note
In Mayotte, the amount of the allowance is fixed at €56.35 per day and at €28.17 per half-day.
You can take advantage of 22 daily allowances during a calendar month.
The total number daily allowances which may be paid for the same person accompanied shall be fixed at 66.
If you received 66 daily allowances, you can again receive 66 daily allowances if you are helping a different person the one for which you previously received the allowance. These 66 new allowances may be granted up to a maximum of 22 per calendar month.
The maximum number of daily allowances which may be paid to you over your entire career is fixed at 264.
If you take your leave as part-time, the monthly AJPA amount is calculated based on the number of days or half-days not worked during the month.
Example :
If you take your leave as a half-time, you can receive a maximum of 11 YMPA per month.
In the event of the death of the accompanying person, the AJPA continues to be paid for the days not worked taken in the month of death.
If you terminate the leave early or waive it because of the death of the person being accompanied, you can ask the CafCaf : Family Allowance Fund the cessation of payment of the AJPA from the day following death.
What are the effects of compassionate care leave on the administrative situation of the contractor?
You remained employed during your caregiving leave.
If your job is deleted or transformed, you are assigned to one of the jobs closest to your former place of work.
You can apply to be posted to a job closer to home, if the transfer priorities allow it.
Time spent on compassionate care leave is treated as a period of actual service and is taken into account for the calculation of your pension insurance period and for the calculation of your retirement pension.
In what cases can compassionate care leave be granted?
You can ask to temporarily cease your professional activity or of working part-time on compassionate care leave to care for a disabled or losing relative.
The person accompanied may be one of the following:
- Your spouse
- A child in your care (as defined in family benefits)
- One ascendant
- One descendant
- One collateral until 4th degree
- An ascendant, descendant, or collateral to 4e degree of your spouse
- An elderly or disabled person with whom you reside or have a close and stable relationship, and to whom you regularly and frequently assist, on a non-professional basis, in performing all or part of the activities of daily life.
Your employer administration cannot refuse you leave.
How long is the caregiving leave?
The duration of the leave shall be Up to 3 months renewable up to one year over your entire career.
The leave is counted in calendar days so you are entitled to 365 days of leave.
You can take your leave in one of the following ways:
- In one continuous period
- Split in periods of at least half a day
- In the form of a part-time.
The duration of the leave consumed corresponds according to the conditions of use chosen:
- On the recognized days from the start date to the end date of the leave when it is used on an ongoing basis
- On days off taken in case of fractional use
- The duration equal to the ratio between the duration of the leave taken as part-time and the duration resulting from the service obligations laid down for a staff member working full-time to be counted in days or half-days.
How do I apply for caregiving leave?
In order to benefit from caregiving leave, you must send your employer administration a written request, at least one month before the start of the leave.
In case of renewal from your leave, you must send your written request at least 15 days before the end of your current vacation period.
You must specify in your application the estimated leave dates and the how you want to use it (continuous, split or part-time).
In support of your application, you must provide subsequent supporting documents :
- Statement on the honor of your family relationship with the person being assisted or the assistance provided to an elderly or disabled person with whom you reside or have close and stable ties
- Honor declaration stating that you have not already taken caregiving leave during your career or the length of time you have taken this leave.
Your application must also be accompanied by a copy of one of the following documents:
- Copy of the decision justifying a rate of permanent incapacity at least equal to 80% if the person being assisted is a dependent disabled child or disabled adult
- Copy of the award decisionCustom Autonomy Allowance (Apa) if the person being assisted suffers from a loss of autonomy.
If the person being assisted is receiving one of the following benefits, you must also attach a copy of the decision to grant that benefit:
- Surcharge for constant assistance from a third party or supplementary benefit for recourse to third parties
- Special supplement to an official's pension for assistance of a third person
- Surcharge of the temporary invalidity allowance
- Third-party increase to military pension.
You can change the forecast dates and terms of use you choose from your leave. You must inform your employer authority in writing at least 48 hours in advance.
In case of emergency, the time limits for requesting, renewing or amending leave shall not apply in the following cases:
- Sudden deterioration in the state of health of the person being assisted
- Crisis situation requiring urgent action on your part
- Abrupt cessation of the residential accommodation enjoyed by the assisted person.
In this case, the leave may commence or be renewed without delay.
You must transmit, within 8 days, to your employer authority, any of the following:
- Medical certificate attesting to the sudden deterioration of the state of health of the assisted person or crisis situation requiring urgent action on your part
- Certificate of abrupt cessation of residential accommodation.
You can early termination or waiver of leave in the following cases:
- Death of the assisted person
- Admission of the assisted person to an establishment
- Dramatically reduce your resources
- Use of a home help service to assist the person being helped
- Caregiver leave taken by another family member
- If your condition requires it.
You must inform your employer authority in writing at least 15 days before the date on which you wish to terminate or renounce your leave.
In the event of the death of the assisted person, this period shall be reduced to 8 days.
How is compassionate care leave paid?
Caregiver leave is not paid. But, you can benefit from a daily caregiving allowance (AJPA) on behalf of CafCaf : Family Allowance Fund.
To do this, you have to fill in a form and send it to your Cof:
Application for payment of the daily caregiving allowance (AJPA)
Your application for the allowance must be accompanied by a certificate from your employer's administration stating that you are entitled to caregiving leave.
The amount of the allowance shall be €65.80 per day and to €32.90 per half-day.
Please note
In Mayotte, the amount of the allowance is fixed at €56.35 per day and at €28.17 per half-day.
You can take advantage of 22 daily allowances during a calendar month.
The total number daily allowances which may be paid for the same person accompanied shall be fixed at 66.
If you received 66 daily allowances, you can again receive 66 daily allowances if you are helping a different person the one for which you previously received the allowance. These 66 new allowances may be granted up to a maximum of 22 per calendar month.
The maximum number of daily allowances which may be paid to you over your entire career is fixed at 264.
If you take your leave as part-time, the monthly AJPA amount is calculated based on the number of days or half-days not worked during the month.
Example :
If you take your leave as a half-time, you can receive a maximum of 11 YMPA per month.
In the event of the death of the accompanying person, the AJPA continues to be paid for the days not worked taken in the month of death.
If you terminate the leave early or waive it because of the death of the person being accompanied, you can ask the CafCaf : Family Allowance Fund the cessation of payment of the AJPA from the day following death.
What are the effects of compassionate care leave on the administrative situation of the contractor?
You remain assigned to your job during your leave of absence.
If the service requirements do not allow it, you are reassigned as a priority to a similar job with an equivalent remuneration.
The time spent on compassionate care leave is taken into account when determining the length of service required for entitlement to certain leave. This is particularly the case for the vocational leave , on leave of absence due to serious illness, on parental leave, etc.
The time spent on compassionate care leave shall also be taken into account in determining the length of service required for entitlement to part-time to raise a child or part-time for personal reasons.
Periods of compassionate care leave are taken into account for Caregivers' old-age insurance (Ava) like a private sector employee.
The CafCaf : Family Allowance Fund automatically enrolls you and pays old-age insurance contributions.
FPT
In what cases can compassionate care leave be granted?
You can ask to temporarily cease your professional activity or of working part-time on compassionate care leave to care for a disabled or losing relative.
The person accompanied may be one of the following:
- Your spouse
- A child in your care (as defined in family benefits)
- One ascendant
- One descendant
- One collateral until 4th degree
- An ascendant, descendant, or collateral to 4e degree of your spouse
- An elderly or disabled person with whom you reside or have a close and stable relationship, and to whom you regularly and frequently assist, on a non-professional basis, in performing all or part of the activities of daily life.
Your employer administration cannot refuse you leave.
How long is the caregiving leave?
The duration of the leave shall be Up to 3 months renewable up to one year over your entire career.
The leave is counted in calendar days so you are entitled to 365 days of leave.
You can take your leave in one of the following ways:
- In one continuous period
- Split in periods of at least half a day
- In the form of a part-time.
The duration of the leave consumed corresponds according to the conditions of use chosen:
- On the recognized days from the start date to the end date of the leave when it is used on an ongoing basis
- On days off taken in case of fractional use
- The duration equal to the ratio between the duration of the leave taken as part-time and the duration resulting from the service obligations laid down for a staff member working full-time to be counted in days or half-days.
How do I apply for caregiving leave?
In order to benefit from caregiving leave, you must send your employer administration a written request, at least one month before the start of the leave.
In case of renewal from your leave, you must send your written request at least 15 days before the end of your current vacation period.
You must specify in your application the estimated leave dates and the how you want to use it (continuous, split or part-time).
In support of your application, you must provide subsequent supporting documents :
- Statement on the honor of your family relationship with the person being assisted or the assistance provided to an elderly or disabled person with whom you reside or have close and stable ties
- Honor declaration stating that you have not already taken caregiving leave during your career or the length of time you have taken this leave.
Your application must also be accompanied by a copy of one of the following documents:
- Copy of the decision justifying a rate of permanent incapacity at least equal to 80% if the person being assisted is a dependent disabled child or disabled adult
- Copy of the award decisionCustom Autonomy Allowance (Apa) if the person being assisted suffers from a loss of autonomy.
If the person being assisted is receiving one of the following benefits, you must also attach a copy of the decision to grant that benefit:
- Surcharge for constant assistance from a third party or supplementary benefit for recourse to third parties
- Special supplement to an official's pension for assistance of a third person
- Surcharge of the temporary invalidity allowance
- Third-party increase to military pension.
You can change the forecast dates and terms of use you choose from your leave. You must inform your employer authority in writing at least 48 hours in advance.
In case of emergency, the time limits for requesting, renewing or amending leave shall not apply in the following cases:
- Sudden deterioration in the state of health of the person being assisted
- Crisis situation requiring urgent action on your part
- Abrupt cessation of the residential accommodation enjoyed by the assisted person.
In this case, the leave may commence or be renewed without delay.
You must transmit, within 8 days, to your employer authority, any of the following:
- Medical certificate attesting to the sudden deterioration of the state of health of the assisted person or crisis situation requiring urgent action on your part
- Certificate of abrupt cessation of residential accommodation.
You can early termination or waiver of leave in the following cases:
- Death of the assisted person
- Admission of the assisted person to an establishment
- Dramatically reduce your resources
- Use of a home help service to assist the person being helped
- Caregiver leave taken by another family member
- If your condition requires it.
You must inform your employer authority in writing at least 15 days before the date on which you wish to terminate or renounce your leave.
In the event of the death of the assisted person, this period shall be reduced to 8 days.
How is compassionate care leave paid?
Caregiver leave is not paid. But, you can benefit from a daily caregiving allowance (AJPA) on behalf of CafCaf : Family Allowance Fund.
To do this, you have to fill in a form and send it to your Cof:
Application for payment of the daily caregiving allowance (AJPA)
Your application for the allowance must be accompanied by a certificate from your employer's administration stating that you are entitled to caregiving leave.
The amount of the allowance shall be €65.80 per day and to €32.90 per half-day.
Please note
In Mayotte, the amount of the allowance is fixed at €56.35 per day and at €28.17 per half-day.
You can take advantage of 22 daily allowances during a calendar month.
The total number daily allowances which may be paid for the same person accompanied shall be fixed at 66.
If you received 66 daily allowances, you can again receive 66 daily allowances if you are helping a different person the one for which you previously received the allowance. These 66 new allowances may be granted up to a maximum of 22 per calendar month.
The maximum number of daily allowances which may be paid to you over your entire career is fixed at 264.
If you take your leave as part-time, the monthly AJPA amount is calculated based on the number of days or half-days not worked during the month.
Example :
If you take your leave as a half-time, you can receive a maximum of 11 YMPA per month.
In the event of the death of the accompanying person, the AJPA continues to be paid for the days not worked taken in the month of death.
If you terminate the leave early or waive it because of the death of the person being accompanied, you can ask the CafCaf : Family Allowance Fund the cessation of payment of the AJPA from the day following death.
What are the effects of compassionate care leave on the administrative situation of the contractor?
You remained employed during your caregiving leave.
Time spent on compassionate care leave is treated as a period of actual service and is taken into account for the calculation of your pension insurance period and for the calculation of your retirement pension.
In what cases can compassionate care leave be granted?
You can ask to temporarily cease your professional activity or of working part-time on compassionate care leave to care for a disabled or losing relative.
The person accompanied may be one of the following:
- Your spouse
- A child in your care (as defined in family benefits)
- One ascendant
- One descendant
- One collateral until 4th degree
- An ascendant, descendant, or collateral to 4e degree of your spouse
- An elderly or disabled person with whom you reside or have a close and stable relationship, and to whom you regularly and frequently assist, on a non-professional basis, in performing all or part of the activities of daily life.
Your employer administration cannot refuse you leave.
How long is the caregiving leave?
The duration of the leave shall be Up to 3 months renewable up to one year over your entire career.
The leave is counted in calendar days so you are entitled to 365 days of leave.
You can take your leave in one of the following ways:
- In one continuous period
- Split in periods of at least half a day
- In the form of a part-time.
The duration of the leave consumed corresponds according to the conditions of use chosen:
- On the recognized days from the start date to the end date of the leave when it is used on an ongoing basis
- On days off taken in case of fractional use
- The duration equal to the ratio between the duration of the leave taken as part-time and the duration resulting from the service obligations laid down for a staff member working full-time to be counted in days or half-days.
How do I apply for caregiving leave?
In order to benefit from caregiving leave, you must send your employer administration a written request, at least one month before the start of the leave.
In case of renewal from your leave, you must send your written request at least 15 days before the end of your current vacation period.
You must specify in your application the estimated leave dates and the how you want to use it (continuous, split or part-time).
In support of your application, you must provide subsequent supporting documents :
- Statement on the honor of your family relationship with the person being assisted or the assistance provided to an elderly or disabled person with whom you reside or have close and stable ties
- Honor declaration stating that you have not already taken caregiving leave during your career or the length of time you have taken this leave.
Your application must also be accompanied by a copy of one of the following documents:
- Copy of the decision justifying a rate of permanent incapacity at least equal to 80% if the person being assisted is a dependent disabled child or disabled adult
- Copy of the award decisionCustom Autonomy Allowance (Apa) if the person being assisted suffers from a loss of autonomy.
If the person being assisted is receiving one of the following benefits, you must also attach a copy of the decision to grant that benefit:
- Surcharge for constant assistance from a third party or supplementary benefit for recourse to third parties
- Special supplement to an official's pension for assistance of a third person
- Surcharge of the temporary invalidity allowance
- Third-party increase to military pension.
You can change the forecast dates and terms of use you choose from your leave. You must inform your employer authority in writing at least 48 hours in advance.
In case of emergency, the time limits for requesting, renewing or amending leave shall not apply in the following cases:
- Sudden deterioration in the state of health of the person being assisted
- Crisis situation requiring urgent action on your part
- Abrupt cessation of the residential accommodation enjoyed by the assisted person.
In this case, the leave may commence or be renewed without delay.
You must transmit, within 8 days, to your employer authority, any of the following:
- Medical certificate attesting to the sudden deterioration of the state of health of the assisted person or crisis situation requiring urgent action on your part
- Certificate of abrupt cessation of residential accommodation.
You can early termination or waiver of leave in the following cases:
- Death of the assisted person
- Admission of the assisted person to an establishment
- Dramatically reduce your resources
- Use of a home help service to assist the person being helped
- Caregiver leave taken by another family member
- If your condition requires it.
You must inform your employer authority in writing at least 15 days before the date on which you wish to terminate or renounce your leave.
In the event of the death of the assisted person, this period shall be reduced to 8 days.
How is compassionate care leave paid?
Caregiver leave is not paid. But, you can benefit from a daily caregiving allowance (AJPA) on behalf of CafCaf : Family Allowance Fund.
To do this, you have to fill in a form and send it to your Cof:
Application for payment of the daily caregiving allowance (AJPA)
Your application for the allowance must be accompanied by a certificate from your employer's administration stating that you are entitled to caregiving leave.
The amount of the allowance shall be €65.80 per day and to €32.90 per half-day.
Please note
In Mayotte, the amount of the allowance is fixed at €56.35 per day and at €28.17 per half-day.
You can take advantage of 22 daily allowances during a calendar month.
The total number daily allowances which may be paid for the same person accompanied shall be fixed at 66.
If you received 66 daily allowances, you can again receive 66 daily allowances if you are helping a different person the one for which you previously received the allowance. These 66 new allowances may be granted up to a maximum of 22 per calendar month.
The maximum number of daily allowances which may be paid to you over your entire career is fixed at 264.
If you take your leave as part-time, the monthly AJPA amount is calculated based on the number of days or half-days not worked during the month.
Example :
If you take your leave as a half-time, you can receive a maximum of 11 YMPA per month.
In the event of the death of the accompanying person, the AJPA continues to be paid for the days not worked taken in the month of death.
If you terminate the leave early or waive it because of the death of the person being accompanied, you can ask the CafCaf : Family Allowance Fund the cessation of payment of the AJPA from the day following death.
What are the effects of compassionate care leave on the administrative situation of the contractor?
You remain assigned to your job during your leave of absence.
If the service requirements do not allow it, you are reassigned as a priority to a similar job with an equivalent remuneration.
The time spent on compassionate care leave is taken into account when determining the length of service required for entitlement to certain leave. This is particularly the case for the vocational leave , on leave of absence due to serious illness, on parental leave, etc.
The time spent on compassionate care leave shall also be taken into account in determining the length of service required for entitlement to part-time to raise a child or part-time for personal reasons.
Periods of compassionate care leave are taken into account for Caregivers' old-age insurance (Ava) like a private sector employee.
The CafCaf : Family Allowance Fund automatically enrolls you and pays old-age insurance contributions.
FPH
In what cases can compassionate care leave be granted?
You can ask to temporarily cease your professional activity or of working part-time on compassionate care leave to care for a disabled or losing relative.
The person accompanied may be one of the following:
- Your spouse
- A child in your care (as defined in family benefits)
- One ascendant
- One descendant
- One collateral until 4th degree
- An ascendant, descendant, or collateral to 4e degree of your spouse
- An elderly or disabled person with whom you reside or have a close and stable relationship, and to whom you regularly and frequently assist, on a non-professional basis, in performing all or part of the activities of daily life.
Your employer administration cannot refuse you leave.
How long is the caregiving leave?
The duration of the leave shall be Up to 3 months renewable up to one year over your entire career.
The leave is counted in calendar days so you are entitled to 365 days of leave.
You can take your leave in one of the following ways:
- In one continuous period
- Split in periods of at least half a day
- In the form of a part-time.
The duration of the leave consumed corresponds according to the conditions of use chosen:
- On the recognized days from the start date to the end date of the leave when it is used on an ongoing basis
- On days off taken in case of fractional use
- The duration equal to the ratio between the duration of the leave taken as part-time and the duration resulting from the service obligations laid down for a staff member working full-time to be counted in days or half-days.
How do I apply for caregiving leave?
In order to benefit from caregiving leave, you must send your employer administration a written request, at least one month before the start of the leave.
In case of renewal from your leave, you must send your written request at least 15 days before the end of your current vacation period.
You must specify in your application the estimated leave dates and the how you want to use it (continuous, split or part-time).
In support of your application, you must provide subsequent supporting documents :
- Statement on the honor of your family relationship with the person being assisted or the assistance provided to an elderly or disabled person with whom you reside or have close and stable ties
- Honor declaration stating that you have not already taken caregiving leave during your career or the length of time you have taken this leave.
Your application must also be accompanied by a copy of one of the following documents:
- Copy of the decision justifying a rate of permanent incapacity at least equal to 80% if the person being assisted is a dependent disabled child or disabled adult
- Copy of the award decisionCustom Autonomy Allowance (Apa) if the person being assisted suffers from a loss of autonomy.
If the person being assisted is receiving one of the following benefits, you must also attach a copy of the decision to grant that benefit:
- Surcharge for constant assistance from a third party or supplementary benefit for recourse to third parties
- Special supplement to an official's pension for assistance of a third person
- Surcharge of the temporary invalidity allowance
- Third-party increase to military pension.
You can change the forecast dates and terms of use you choose from your leave. You must inform your employer authority in writing at least 48 hours in advance.
In case of emergency, the time limits for requesting, renewing or amending leave shall not apply in the following cases:
- Sudden deterioration in the state of health of the person being assisted
- Crisis situation requiring urgent action on your part
- Abrupt cessation of the residential accommodation enjoyed by the assisted person.
In this case, the leave may commence or be renewed without delay.
You must transmit, within 8 days, to your employer authority, any of the following:
- Medical certificate attesting to the sudden deterioration of the state of health of the assisted person or crisis situation requiring urgent action on your part
- Certificate of abrupt cessation of residential accommodation.
You can early termination or waiver of leave in the following cases:
- Death of the assisted person
- Admission of the assisted person to an establishment
- Dramatically reduce your resources
- Use of a home help service to assist the person being helped
- Caregiver leave taken by another family member
- If your condition requires it.
You must inform your employer authority in writing at least 15 days before the date on which you wish to terminate or renounce your leave.
In the event of the death of the assisted person, this period shall be reduced to 8 days.
How is compassionate care leave paid?
Caregiver leave is not paid. But, you can benefit from a daily caregiving allowance (AJPA) on behalf of CafCaf : Family Allowance Fund.
To do this, you have to fill in a form and send it to your Cof:
Application for payment of the daily caregiving allowance (AJPA)
Your application for the allowance must be accompanied by a certificate from your employer's administration stating that you are entitled to caregiving leave.
The amount of the allowance shall be €65.80 per day and to €32.90 per half-day.
Please note
In Mayotte, the amount of the allowance is fixed at €56.35 per day and at €28.17 per half-day.
You can take advantage of 22 daily allowances during a calendar month.
The total number daily allowances which may be paid for the same person accompanied shall be fixed at 66.
If you received 66 daily allowances, you can again receive 66 daily allowances if you are helping a different person the one for which you previously received the allowance. These 66 new allowances may be granted up to a maximum of 22 per calendar month.
The maximum number of daily allowances which may be paid to you over your entire career is fixed at 264.
If you take your leave as part-time, the monthly AJPA amount is calculated based on the number of days or half-days not worked during the month.
Example :
If you take your leave as a half-time, you can receive a maximum of 11 YMPA per month.
In the event of the death of the accompanying person, the AJPA continues to be paid for the days not worked taken in the month of death.
If you terminate the leave early or waive it because of the death of the person being accompanied, you can ask the CafCaf : Family Allowance Fund the cessation of payment of the AJPA from the day following death.
What are the effects of compassionate care leave on the administrative situation of the contractor?
You remained employed during your caregiving leave.
If your job is terminated or transformed, you have priority to be reassigned to a job corresponding to your grade or seconded or integrated directly into another body.
Time spent on compassionate care leave is treated as a period of actual service and is taken into account for the calculation of your pension insurance period and for the calculation of your retirement pension.
In what cases can compassionate care leave be granted?
You can ask to temporarily cease your professional activity or of working part-time on compassionate care leave to care for a disabled or losing relative.
The person accompanied may be one of the following:
- Your spouse
- A child in your care (as defined in family benefits)
- One ascendant
- One descendant
- One collateral until 4th degree
- An ascendant, descendant, or collateral to 4e degree of your spouse
- An elderly or disabled person with whom you reside or have a close and stable relationship, and to whom you regularly and frequently assist, on a non-professional basis, in performing all or part of the activities of daily life.
Your employer administration cannot refuse you leave.
How long is the caregiving leave?
The duration of the leave shall be Up to 3 months renewable up to one year over your entire career.
The leave is counted in calendar days so you are entitled to 365 days of leave.
You can take your leave in one of the following ways:
- In one continuous period
- Split in periods of at least half a day
- In the form of a part-time.
The duration of the leave consumed corresponds according to the conditions of use chosen:
- On the recognized days from the start date to the end date of the leave when it is used on an ongoing basis
- On days off taken in case of fractional use
- The duration equal to the ratio between the duration of the leave taken as part-time and the duration resulting from the service obligations laid down for a staff member working full-time to be counted in days or half-days.
How do I apply for caregiving leave?
In order to benefit from caregiving leave, you must send your employer administration a written request, at least one month before the start of the leave.
In case of renewal from your leave, you must send your written request at least 15 days before the end of your current vacation period.
You must specify in your application the estimated leave dates and the how you want to use it (continuous, split or part-time).
In support of your application, you must provide subsequent supporting documents :
- Statement on the honor of your family relationship with the person being assisted or the assistance provided to an elderly or disabled person with whom you reside or have close and stable ties
- Honor declaration stating that you have not already taken caregiving leave during your career or the length of time you have taken this leave.
Your application must also be accompanied by a copy of one of the following documents:
- Copy of the decision justifying a rate of permanent incapacity at least equal to 80% if the person being assisted is a dependent disabled child or disabled adult
- Copy of the award decisionCustom Autonomy Allowance (Apa) if the person being assisted suffers from a loss of autonomy.
If the person being assisted is receiving one of the following benefits, you must also attach a copy of the decision to grant that benefit:
- Surcharge for constant assistance from a third party or supplementary benefit for recourse to third parties
- Special supplement to an official's pension for assistance of a third person
- Surcharge of the temporary invalidity allowance
- Third-party increase to military pension.
You can change the forecast dates and terms of use you choose from your leave. You must inform your employer authority in writing at least 48 hours in advance.
In case of emergency, the time limits for requesting, renewing or amending leave shall not apply in the following cases:
- Sudden deterioration in the state of health of the person being assisted
- Crisis situation requiring urgent action on your part
- Abrupt cessation of the residential accommodation enjoyed by the assisted person.
In this case, the leave may commence or be renewed without delay.
You must transmit, within 8 days, to your employer authority, any of the following:
- Medical certificate attesting to the sudden deterioration of the state of health of the assisted person or crisis situation requiring urgent action on your part
- Certificate of abrupt cessation of residential accommodation.
You can early termination or waiver of leave in the following cases:
- Death of the assisted person
- Admission of the assisted person to an establishment
- Dramatically reduce your resources
- Use of a home help service to assist the person being helped
- Caregiver leave taken by another family member
- If your condition requires it.
You must inform your employer authority in writing at least 15 days before the date on which you wish to terminate or renounce your leave.
In the event of the death of the assisted person, this period shall be reduced to 8 days.
How is compassionate care leave paid?
Caregiver leave is not paid. But, you can benefit from a daily caregiving allowance (AJPA) on behalf of CafCaf : Family Allowance Fund.
To do this, you have to fill in a form and send it to your Cof:
Application for payment of the daily caregiving allowance (AJPA)
Your application for the allowance must be accompanied by a certificate from your employer's administration stating that you are entitled to caregiving leave.
The amount of the allowance shall be €65.80 per day and to €32.90 per half-day.
Please note
In Mayotte, the amount of the allowance is fixed at €56.35 per day and at €28.17 per half-day.
You can take advantage of 22 daily allowances during a calendar month.
The total number daily allowances which may be paid for the same person accompanied shall be fixed at 66.
If you received 66 daily allowances, you can again receive 66 daily allowances if you are helping a different person the one for which you previously received the allowance. These 66 new allowances may be granted up to a maximum of 22 per calendar month.
The maximum number of daily allowances which may be paid to you over your entire career is fixed at 264.
If you take your leave as part-time, the monthly AJPA amount is calculated based on the number of days or half-days not worked during the month.
Example :
If you take your leave as a half-time, you can receive a maximum of 11 YMPA per month.
In the event of the death of the accompanying person, the AJPA continues to be paid for the days not worked taken in the month of death.
If you terminate the leave early or waive it because of the death of the person being accompanied, you can ask the CafCaf : Family Allowance Fund the cessation of payment of the AJPA from the day following death.
What are the effects of compassionate care leave on the administrative situation of the contractor?
You remain assigned to your job during your leave of absence.
If the service requirements do not allow it, you are dismissed and have a priority to be re-employed on a similar job with an equivalent remuneration.
The time spent on compassionate care leave is taken into account when determining the length of service required for entitlement to certain leave. This is particularly the case for the vocational leave , on leave of absence due to serious illness, on parental leave, etc.
The time spent on compassionate care leave shall also be taken into account in determining the length of service required for entitlement to part-time to raise a child or part-time for personal reasons.
Periods of compassionate care leave are taken into account for Caregivers' old-age insurance (Ava) like a private sector employee.
The CafCaf : Family Allowance Fund automatically enrolls you and pays old-age insurance contributions.
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