Public Service Contractor's Sick Leave

Verified 01 March 2025 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

You are contractualill or injured in an unoccupational accident and unable to work? You can be placed on sick leave by your employer administration on presentation of a work stoppage. We present the rules applicable to sick leave, according to your public service of origin (State - FPE, territorial - FPT, hospital - FPH).

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When you are in activity, you may be placed on sick leave, on presentation of a medical certificate, when the illness or accident occurred non-working time makes it impossible for you to carry out your duties.

You can be placed on sick leave regardless of whether you are on CSDCSD : Fixed-term contract or DTADTA : Contract of employment of indefinite duration.

You cannot be placed on sick leave when you are not in business, that is, when you are benefiting from one of the subsequent unpaid leave :

  • Parental Leave
  • Unpaid leave to travel overseas or abroad for the adoption of one or more children
  • Family Solidarity Leave
  • Unpaid leave to raise a child under the age of 12
  • Unpaid leave to care for a dependent child, your spouse or care partner Civil partnershipsCivil partnerships : Civil Solidarity Pact or to a ascendant following an accident or serious illness or a disability requiring the presence of a third person
  • Unpaid leave to follow a Civil partnership or partner who is forced to move for work reasons
  • Parental leave
  • Caregiver leave
  • Leave for family reasons
  • Leave for personal reasons
  • Leave to create or resume a company.

To be placed on sick leave, you must contact your employer administration and your CPAMCPAM : Primary health insurance fund a notice of work stoppage within 48 hours of establishment by a doctor, dental surgeon or midwife.

This work stoppage notice indicates the probable duration of your incapacity for work.

You need to address the flaps 1 and 2 from the notice of work stoppage to your CPAMCPAM : Primary health insurance fund and the flap 3 to your administration.

Who shall I contact

Please note

In general, your doctor will only give you the #3 part for your employer administration and will pass the #1 and #2 parts to your CPAM.

In case of renewal from your work stoppage, you must communicate to your administration and your CPAMCPAM : Primary health insurance fund your extension within the same period of 48 hours following the establishment of the work stoppage.

If you need to send the #1 and #2 flaps to your CPAM yourself and if you do not meet the 48-hour deadline, your CPAM sends you a letter reminding you of this deadline.

It also informs you that you are facing a reduction of 50% the amount of your daily subsistence allowance in the event of a late re-dispatch within 24 months of this 1er late shipment.

In the event of a further late dispatch of a work stoppage, the daily subsistence allowance payable between the date of the establishment of the new work stoppage and the date of its transmission shall be reduced by half.

The 48-hour shipping time may be exceeded in the event of hospitalization or failure to comply with this 48-hour period. In this case, you must attach to your work stoppage a letter explaining your situation accompanied by the supporting documents in your possession.

If, at the end of your work stoppage, you still have not sent your notice of work stoppage, you are not compensated by Social Security. No per diem is paid to you.

You can take sick leave for a period of 12 consecutive months in case ofcontinuous work stoppages or, during a 300-day period of actual services in the case of of discontinuous work stoppages.

The 300-day service period is mobile and is calculated from date to date. Every calendar days shall be taken into account.

Your sick leave shall be paid by your employer administration if you are at least 4 months old.

You perceive 90% of your index treatment during the first 3 months, then half of your treatment during the next 9 months.

If you perceive the residence allowance, it is paid to you in the same proportions as your index salary (at 90% during the first 3 months, then half during the next 9 months).

If you perceive family treatment supplement (FTS), it shall be paid in full to you throughout your sick leave.

Your premiums and allowances are paid to you in the same proportions as your index salary (at 90% during the first 3 months, then half during the next 9 months).

Each work stoppage shall be subject to waiting day unpaid.

During your sick leave, you are entitled to Social Security Sickness Allowance (SSA) after a waiting period of 3 days at each work stoppage.

During the periods in which you are paid by your employer authority 90% or 50% from your index salary, the amount of these daily allowances is deducted from the amount of the index salary paid to you.

In practice, your employer administration pays you:

  • Or, in addition to the daily subsistence allowance, the share of index salary due to you of up to 90% or 50%
  • Either the amount of your index salary up to 90% or 50% and is reimbursed by the Social Security for the amount of daily allowances.

If you are receiving per diem payments from your CPAMCPAM : Primary health insurance fund, you must communicate the amount to your administration so that it pays you your index salary, in addition, up to 90% or 50% .

Your administration may suspend payment from your processing to the transmission of this information.

If you have to stop working for health reasons without having at least 4 months' seniority, you are placed on unpaid sick leave for a maximum period of one year.

You then receive only the Sickness Benefit from Social Security, if you meet the conditions to receive it. Per diems are paid after a waiting period of 3 days at each work stoppage.

The 4-month period of service required to be entitled to paid sick leave is calculated taking into account all the services you have performed in the public service (state, territorial or hospital).

In case of interruption of functions, the services are taken into account if the interruption has not exceeded 4 months.

During your work stoppage, you must meet the following obligations:

  • Follow the doctor's prescriptions
  • Submit to the medical check-ups requested by your administration or Social Security
  • Follow the discharge times authorized by your doctor
  • Not engaging in unauthorized activity
  • Inform the Commission without delay CPAMCPAM : Primary health insurance fund any resumption of activity before the end of the work stoppage.

Sick leave shall be taken into account in calculating the length of service required to be able to apply for a part-time and shall be entitled in particular to the following leave:

Other leave shall not result in the loss of seniority acquired before it was granted.

Warning  

If you are on unpaid sick leave without having at least 4 months' seniorityHowever, the period of sick leave shall not be taken into account.

Vacation leave not taken as at 31 December due to prolonged absence for health reasons may be postponed under certain conditions beyond 31 December.

If you cannot take your vacation leave before the end of your CSDCSD : Fixed-term contract due to sick leave, you can benefit from a compensatory allowance for annual leave.

The amount of the compensatory allowance for annual leave is equal to 1/10e of the total gross remuneration you received during your period of employment, between 1er January and December 31 of the current year.

The allowance shall be proportional to the number of days of annual leave not taken.

Its gross amount is subject to the same contributions as the other elements of your remuneration.

The amount of the allowance may not be less than the amount of remuneration you would have received during the period of vacation leave due and not taken.

Periods of sick leave reduce the number of RTT days.

The length of sick leave is taken into account to calculate the length of service required to review your remuneration and to determine your training entitlements.

It shall also be taken into account when calculating the length of service required to attend internal competitions and during your ranking in case of success in a competition for access to a public service corps or job cadre.

At the end of your sick leave, your situation differs depending on whether or not you are fit to resume your previous duties.

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You are fit to resume your duties

If you are fit to resume your duties at the end of your sick leave, you are re-employed on your previous job to the extent permitted by the service.

If this is not possible, you have a priority to be re-employed on a similar job with equivalent pay.

You remain temporarily unfit to resume your duties

If you're still temporarily unfit upon resuming your duties at the end of your sick leave, you shall be placed in unpaid leave for a maximum duration of one year.

This period of one year may be extended by 6 months if medical advice indicates that you may be fit to resume your duties at the end of this additional 6-month period.

At the end of the unpaid leave, if you are fit upon resumption of your duties, you shall be re-employed on your previous employment to the extent permitted by the service.

If this is not possible, you have a priority to be re-employed on a similar job with equivalent pay.

If the duration of your unpaid leave is equal to or greater than 1 year, you must request your re-employment by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt at least 1 month before the end of your leave. In the absence of a timely request, you are considered to have resigned.

At the end of the unpaid leave, if it is medically established by an authorized doctor that you are permanently unfit to occupy your job, you can ask to be reclassified.

Your request for reclassification will be reviewed if you were recruited on a permanent contract or permanent contract if the termination of your contract is later than the date of your request for reclassification.

The reclassification job is then offered for the period remaining before the end of your CDD.

If your reclassification is not possible, you are dismissed for physical incapacity.

You are definitely unfit to resume your duties

At the end of your sick leave, if it is medically established by a registered doctor that you are permanently unfit for employment, you can ask to be reclassified.

Your request for reclassification will be reviewed if you were recruited on a permanent contract or permanent contract if the termination of your contract is later than the date of your request for reclassification.

The reclassification job is then offered for the period remaining before the end of your CDD.

If your reclassification is not possible, you are dismissed for physical incapacity.

FPT

When you are in activity, you may be placed on sick leave, on presentation of a medical certificate, when the illness or accident occurred non-working time makes it impossible for you to carry out your duties.

You can be placed on sick leave regardless of whether you are on CSDCSD : Fixed-term contract or DTADTA : Contract of employment of indefinite duration.

You cannot be placed on sick leave when you are not in business, that is, when you are benefiting from one of the subsequent unpaid leave :

  • Parental Leave
  • Unpaid leave to travel overseas or abroad for the adoption of one or more children
  • Family Solidarity Leave
  • Unpaid leave to raise a child under the age of 12
  • Unpaid leave to care for a dependent child, your spouse or care partner Civil partnershipsCivil partnerships : Civil Solidarity Pact or to a ascendant following an accident or serious illness or a disability requiring the presence of a third person
  • Unpaid leave to follow a Civil partnership or partner who is forced to move for work reasons
  • Parental leave
  • Caregiver leave
  • Leave for family reasons
  • Leave for personal reasons
  • Leave to create or resume a company.

To be placed on sick leave, you must contact your employer administration and your CPAMCPAM : Primary health insurance fund a notice of work stoppage within 48 hours of establishment by a doctor, dental surgeon or midwife.

This work stoppage notice indicates the probable duration of your incapacity for work.

You need to address the flaps 1 and 2 from the notice of work stoppage to your CPAMCPAM : Primary health insurance fund and the flap 3 to your administration.

Who shall I contact

Please note

In general, your doctor will only give you the #3 part for your employer administration and will pass the #1 and #2 parts to your CPAM.

In case of renewal from your work stoppage, you must communicate to your administration and your CPAMCPAM : Primary health insurance fund your extension within the same period of 48 hours following the establishment of the work stoppage.

If you need to send the #1 and #2 flaps to your CPAM yourself and if you do not meet the 48-hour deadline, your CPAM sends you a letter reminding you of this deadline.

It also informs you that you are facing a reduction of 50% the amount of your daily subsistence allowance in the event of a late re-dispatch within 24 months of this 1er late shipment.

In the event of a further late dispatch of a work stoppage, the daily subsistence allowance payable between the date of the establishment of the new work stoppage and the date of its transmission shall be reduced by half.

The 48-hour shipping time may be exceeded in the event of hospitalization or failure to comply with this 48-hour period. In this case, you must attach to your work stoppage a letter explaining your situation accompanied by the supporting documents in your possession.

If, at the end of your work stoppage, you still have not sent your notice of work stoppage, you are not compensated by Social Security. No per diem is paid to you.

You can take sick leave for a period of 12 consecutive months in case ofcontinuous work stoppages or, during a 300-day period of actual services in the case of of discontinuous work stoppages.

The 300-day service period is mobile and is calculated from date to date. Every calendar days shall be taken into account.

Your sick leave shall be paid by your employer administration if you are at least 4 months old.

You perceive 90% then half of your index treatment for varying periods depending on your age:

Tableau - Duration of remuneration of the full or half-salary territorial contractor

Seniority

Remuneration Duration at 90% or to 50%

After 4 months of service

30 days to 90% and 30 days at ½ treatment

After 2 years of service

60 days to 90% and 60 days at ½ treatment

After 3 years of service

90 days to 90% and 90 days at ½ treatment

If you perceive the residence allowance, it is paid to you in the same proportions as your index salary (at 90% or half).

If you perceive family treatment supplement (FTS), it shall be paid in full to you throughout your paid sick leave by your employer's administration.

Your premiums and allowances are paid to you or not according to the rules set out in the decision establishing the compensation scheme in your community.

Each work stoppage shall be subject to waiting day unpaid.

During your sick leave, you are entitled to Social Security Sickness Allowance (SSA) after a waiting period of 3 days at each work stoppage.

During the periods in which your employer community pays you 90% or 50% from your index salary, the amount of these daily allowances is deducted from the amount of the index salary paid to you.

In practice, your employer community pays you:

  • Or, in addition to the daily subsistence allowance, the share of index salary due to you of up to 90% or 50%
  • Either the amount of your index salary up to 90% or 50% and is reimbursed by the Social Security for the amount of daily allowances.

If you are receiving per diem payments from your CPAMCPAM : Primary health insurance fund, you must communicate the amount to your community so that it can pay you your index salary, in addition, up to 90% or 50% .

Your community can suspend payment from your processing to the transmission of this information.

When pay periods at 90% or 50% are exhausted, you only receive per diem payments for sickness of Social Security if you meet the conditions to benefit from it.

If you have to stop working for health reasons without having at least 4 months' seniority, you are placed on unpaid sick leave for a maximum period of one year.

You then receive only the Sickness Benefit from Social Security, if you meet the conditions to receive it. Per diems are paid after a waiting period of 3 days at each work stoppage.

The length of service required to be entitled to paid sick leave by your employer's administration is calculated taking into account all the services you have performed with the administration that recruited you.

In case of interruption of functions, the services are taken into account if the interruption has not exceeded 4 months.

During your work stoppage, you must meet the following obligations:

  • Follow the doctor's prescriptions
  • Submit to the medical check-ups requested by your administration or Social Security
  • Follow the discharge times authorized by your doctor
  • Not engaging in unauthorized activity
  • Inform the Commission without delay CPAMCPAM : Primary health insurance fund any resumption of activity before the end of the work stoppage.

Sick leave shall be taken into account in calculating the length of service required to be able to apply for a part-time and shall be entitled in particular to the following leave:

Other leave shall not result in the loss of seniority acquired before it was granted.

Warning  

If you are on unpaid sick leave without having at least 4 months' seniorityHowever, the period of sick leave shall not be taken into account.

Vacation leave not taken as at 31 December due to prolonged absence for health reasons may be postponed under certain conditions beyond 31 December.

If you cannot take your vacation leave before the end of your CSDCSD : Fixed-term contract due to sick leave, you can benefit from a compensatory allowance annual leave.

The amount of the compensatory allowance for annual leave is equal to 1/10e of the total gross remuneration you received during your period of employment, between 1er January and December 31 of the current year.

The allowance shall be proportional to the number of days of annual leave not taken.

Its gross amount is subject to the same contributions as the other elements of your remuneration.

The amount of the allowance may not be less than the amount of remuneration you would have received during the period of vacation leave due and not taken.

Periods of sick leave reduce the number of RTT days.

The length of sick leave is taken into account to calculate the length of service required to review your remuneration and to determine your training entitlements.

It shall also be taken into account when calculating the length of service required to attend internal competitions and during your ranking in case of success in a competition for access to a public service corps or job cadre.

At the end of your sick leave, your situation differs depending on whether or not you are fit to resume your previous duties.

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You are fit to resume your duties

If you are fit to resume your duties at the end of your sick leave, you are re-employed on your previous job to the extent permitted by the service.

If this is not possible, you have a priority to be re-employed on a similar job with equivalent pay.

You remain temporarily unfit to resume your duties

If you're still temporarily unfit upon resuming your duties at the end of your sick leave, you shall be placed in unpaid leave for a maximum duration of one year.

This period of one year may be extended by 6 months if medical advice indicates that you may be fit to resume your duties at the end of this additional 6-month period.

At the end of the unpaid leave, if you are fit upon resumption of your duties, you shall be re-employed on your previous employment to the extent permitted by the service.

If this is not possible, you have a priority to be re-employed on a similar job with equivalent pay.

If the duration of your unpaid leave is equal to or greater than 1 year, you must request your re-employment by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt at least 1 month before the end of your leave. In the absence of a timely request, you are considered to have resigned.

At the end of the unpaid leave, if it is medically established by an authorized doctor that you are permanently unfit to occupy your job, you can ask to be reclassified.

Your request for reclassification will be reviewed if you were recruited on a permanent contract or permanent contract if the termination of your contract is later than the date of your request for reclassification.

The reclassification job is then offered for the period remaining before the end of your CDD.

If your reclassification is not possible, you are dismissed for physical incapacity.

You are definitely unfit to resume your duties

At the end of your sick leave, if it is medically established by a licensed doctor that you are permanently unfit for employment, you can ask to be reclassified.

Your request for reclassification will be reviewed if you were recruited on a permanent contract or permanent contract if the termination of your contract is later than the date of your request for reclassification.

The reclassification job is then offered for the period remaining before the end of your CDD.

If your reclassification is not possible, you are dismissed for physical incapacity.

FPH

When you are in activity, you may be placed on sick leave, on presentation of a medical certificate, when the illness or accident occurred non-working time makes it impossible for you to carry out your duties.

You can be placed on sick leave regardless of whether you are on CSDCSD : Fixed-term contract or DTADTA : Contract of employment of indefinite duration.

You cannot be placed on sick leave when you are not in business, that is, when you are benefiting from one of the subsequent unpaid leave :

  • Parental Leave
  • Unpaid leave to travel overseas or abroad for the adoption of one or more children
  • Family Solidarity Leave
  • Unpaid leave to raise a child under the age of 12
  • Unpaid leave to care for a dependent child, your spouse or care partner Civil partnershipsCivil partnerships : Civil Solidarity Pact or to a ascendant following an accident or serious illness or a disability requiring the presence of a third person
  • Unpaid leave to follow a Civil partnership or partner who is forced to move for work reasons
  • Parental leave
  • Caregiver leave
  • Leave for family reasons
  • Leave for personal reasons
  • Leave to create or resume a company.

To be placed on sick leave, you must contact your employer administration and your CPAMCPAM : Primary health insurance fund a notice of work stoppage within 48 hours of establishment by a doctor, dental surgeon or midwife.

This work stoppage notice indicates the probable duration of your incapacity for work.

You need to address the flaps 1 and 2 from the notice of work stoppage to your CPAMCPAM : Primary health insurance fund and the flap 3 to your administration.

Who shall I contact

Please note

In general, your doctor will only give you the #3 part for your employer administration and will pass the #1 and #2 parts to your CPAM.

In case of renewal from your work stoppage, you must communicate to your administration and your CPAMCPAM : Primary health insurance fund your extension within the same period of 48 hours following the establishment of the work stoppage.

If you need to send the #1 and #2 flaps to your CPAM yourself and if you do not meet the 48-hour deadline, your CPAM sends you a letter reminding you of this deadline.

It also informs you that you are facing a reduction of 50% the amount of your daily subsistence allowance in the event of a late re-dispatch within 24 months of this 1er late shipment.

In the event of a further late dispatch of a work stoppage, the daily subsistence allowance payable between the date of the establishment of the new work stoppage and the date of its transmission shall be reduced by half.

The 48-hour shipping time may be exceeded in the event of hospitalization or failure to comply with this 48-hour period. In this case, you must attach to your work stoppage a letter explaining your situation accompanied by the supporting documents in your possession.

If, at the end of your work stoppage, you still have not sent your notice of work stoppage, you are not compensated by Social Security. No per diem is paid to you.

You can take sick leave for a period of 12 consecutive months in case ofcontinuous work stoppages or, during a 300-day period of actual services in the case of of discontinuous work stoppages.

The 300-day service period is mobile and is calculated from date to date. Every calendar days shall be taken into account.

Your sick leave shall be paid by your employer administration if you are at least 4 months old.

You perceive 90% then half of your index treatment for varying periods depending on your age:

Tableau - Duration of remuneration of the full or half-treatment hospital contractor

Seniority

Duration of full or half salary

After 4 months of service

30 days to 90% and 30 days at ½ treatment

After 2 years of service

60 days to 90% and 60 days at ½ treatment

After 3 years of service

90 days to 90% and 90 days at ½ treatment

For the purposes of calculating months of service, any day on which remuneration is due shall be counted as one day irrespective of the length of time worked during that day.

If you perceive the residence allowance, it is paid to you in the same proportions as your index salary (at 90% or half).

If you perceive family treatment supplement (FTS), it shall be paid in full to you throughout your paid sick leave by your employing establishment.

Each work stoppage shall be subject to waiting day unpaid.

You are also entitled to Social Security Sickness Allowance (SSA) after a waiting period of 3 days at each work stoppage.

During the periods in which your employer institution pays you 90% or 50% from your index salary, the amount of these daily allowances is deducted from the amount of the index salary paid to you.

In practice, your employer institution pays you:

  • Or, in addition to the daily subsistence allowance, the share of index salary due to you of up to 90% or 50%
  • Either the amount of your index salary up to 90% or 50% and is reimbursed by the Social Security for the amount of daily allowances.

If you are receiving per diem payments from your CPAMCPAM : Primary health insurance fund, you must communicate the amount to your institution so that it pays you your index salary, in addition, up to 90% or 50% .

Your institution can suspend payment from your processing to the transmission of this information.

When pay periods at 90% or 50% are exhausted, you only receive per diem payments for sickness of Social Security if you meet the conditions to benefit from it.

If you have to stop working for health reasons without having at least 4 months' seniority, you are placed on unpaid sick leave for a maximum period of one year.

You then receive only the Sickness Benefit from Social Security, if you meet the conditions to receive it. Per diems are paid after a waiting period of 3 days at each work stoppage.

The length of service required to qualify for paid sick leave by your employer institution is calculated from the date of your 1er recruitment in your employer institution.

In case of interruption of functions, the services are taken into account if the interruption did not exceed 4 months if it was involuntary or 1 year if the interruption was voluntary.

During your work stoppage, you must meet the following obligations:

  • Follow the doctor's prescriptions
  • Submit to the medical check-ups requested by your administration or Social Security
  • Follow the discharge times authorized by your doctor
  • Not engaging in unauthorized activity
  • Inform the Commission without delay CPAMCPAM : Primary health insurance fund any resumption of activity before the end of the work stoppage.

Sick leave shall be taken into account in calculating the length of service required to be able to apply for a part-time and shall be entitled in particular to the following leave:

Other leave shall not result in the loss of seniority acquired before it was granted.

Warning  

If you are on unpaid sick leave without having at least 4 months' seniorityHowever, the period of sick leave shall not be taken into account.

Vacation leave not taken as at 31 December due to prolonged absence for health reasons may be postponed under certain conditions beyond 31 December.

If you cannot take your vacation leave before the end of your CSDCSD : Fixed-term contract due to sick leave, you can receive an annual leave compensation.

The amount of the compensatory allowance for annual leave is equal to 1/10e of the total gross remuneration you received during your period of employment, between 1er January and December 31 of the current year.

The allowance shall be proportional to the number of days of annual leave not taken.

Its gross amount is subject to the same contributions as the other elements of your remuneration.

The amount of the allowance may not be less than the amount of remuneration you would have received during the period of vacation leave due and not taken.

Periods of sick leave reduce the number of RTT days.

The length of sick leave is taken into account to calculate the length of service required to review your remuneration and to determine your training entitlements.

It shall also be taken into account when calculating the length of service required to attend internal competitions and during your ranking in case of success in a competition for access to a public service corps or job cadre.

At the end of your sick leave, your situation differs depending on whether or not you are fit to resume your previous duties.

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You are fit to resume your duties

If you are fit to resume your duties at the end of your sick leave, you are re-employed on your previous job to the extent permitted by the service.

If this is not possible, you are dismissed and have priority for re-employment in your institution to perform similar functions with equivalent remuneration.

You remain temporarily unfit to resume your duties

If you're still temporarily unfit upon resuming your duties at the end of your sick leave, you shall be placed in unpaid leave for a maximum duration of one year.

This period of one year may be extended by 6 months if medical advice indicates that you may be fit to resume your duties at the end of this additional 6-month period.

At the end of the unpaid leave, if you are fit upon resumption of your duties, you shall be re-employed on your previous employment to the extent permitted by the service.

If this is not possible, you are dismissed and have priority for re-employment in your institution to perform similar functions with equivalent remuneration.

At the end of the unpaid leave, if it is medically established by an authorized doctor that you are permanently unfit to occupy your job, you can ask to be reclassified.

If your reclassification is not possible, you are dismissed for physical incapacity.

You are definitely unfit to resume your duties

At the end of your sick leave, if it is medically established by a licensed doctor that you are permanently unfit for employment, you can ask to be reclassified.

If your reclassification is not possible, you are dismissed for physical incapacity.