Accident at work: daily allowances during work stoppage
Verified 01 November 2026 - Public Service / (Prime Minister)
Rules applicable to daily allowances from 1 January 2027
For work stoppages linked to an accident at work or an occupational disease which will take place from 1er January 2027, the maximum duration of payment of the daily subsistence allowance shall be fixed at 4 years by period of incapacity, pursuant to decree n°2026-501 of 12 june 2026. A new right to compensation may be opened in the event of a new period of incapacity meeting the conditions laid down by the regulations.
In the meantime, the information presented on this sheet remains valid.
If you are an employee who is on sick leave due to an accident at work, you are entitled to daily subsistence allowance (DSA) paid by your health insurance scheme (CPAM: titleContent, MSA: titleContent,...). Would you like to know how much JIs are paid, when they start, how long they are paid and whether you can also receive additional benefits from your employer? We present you the information to know.
You are concerned if you are an employee who has suffered an accident at work. This is the case if you are the victim of one or more bodily injuries during work (for example, a worker who falls from scaffolding and breaks a leg).
You are entitled to a daily allowance (DI) from your health insurance plan. JIs are intended to partially compensate for lost wages.
Calculation formula
The rules vary depending on the date of the work stoppage:
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Work stoppage resulting from an accident at work or an occupational disease occurring no later than 31 October 2026
If you are an employee, paid monthly, your health insurance plan (CPAM: titleContent, MSA: titleContent) determines a reference daily wage.
This daily wage is calculated by dividing the amount of your gross salary received in the month preceding the start of sick leave by 30.42.
This reference daily wage may not exceed €400.82.
Thus, if the result of the calculation is greater than this amount, it is €400.82 which is taken into account.
Your daily allowance (DI) will be equal to a portion (percentage) of the reference daily wage that has been calculated. This percentage varies according to the duration of your sick leave and within the limit of an amount called net daily gain (daily wage less 21%). Their amount is capped.
Thus, the amount of IJ is calculated differently between the 1er and 28e day off, then from 29e day.
Namely: benefits in kind are normally included in the base salary used to calculate the YI except if you no longer benefit from it during your stop (example: food allowance).
From the 1st to the 28th day
The daily allowances correspond to 60% your reference daily wage.
The net daily wage is 1/30.42 of your previous month's salary, less a flat rate of 21%.
The daily allowances shall be, at most, €240.49.
Example :
For an employee who has earned €1,800 gross, in the month preceding the work stoppage, the reference daily wage shall be €59.17 (1,800 / 30.42). The net daily gain is €46.75 (59.17 - 21%).
Thus, its IJ cannot exceed €46.75.
The IJ will amount to €35.50 (reference daily wage x 60%, i.e. 59.17 x 60%). This amount is less than the net daily gain that had been calculated (€46.75).
The CSG (6.2%) and the CRDS (0.5%) are then deducted from the amount of daily allowances due.
From the 29th day of stop
The daily allowances correspond to 80% the reference daily wage for work stoppage from 29th day.
The net daily wage is 1/30.42 of the previous month's wage, less a flat rate of 21%.
Daily allowances are capped at €320.66.
Example :
For an employee who has earned €1,800 gross, in the month preceding the work stoppage, the reference daily wage shall be €59.17 (1,800 / 30.42). The net daily gain is €46.75 (59.17 - 21%).
Thus, its IJ cannot exceed €46.75.
The IJ will amount to €35.50 (reference daily wage x 60% or 59.17 x 60%) for the first 28 days. This amount is well below the net daily gain that had been calculated (€46.75).
From 29e day, the IJ will rise to €46.75 because the calculated IJ (59.17×80%) is equal to €47.34, which exceeds the net daily gain.
The CSG (6.2%) and the CRDS (0.5%) are then deducted from the amount of daily allowances due.
Work stoppage resulting from an accident at work or an occupational disease that occurred on or after 1 November 2026
If you are an employee, paid monthly, your health insurance plan (CPAM: titleContent, MSA: titleContent) determines a reference daily wage.
This daily wage is calculated by dividing the amount of your gross salary received in the month preceding the start of sick leave by 30.42.
This reference daily wage may not exceed €108.62.
Thus, if the result of the calculation is greater than this amount, it is €108.62 which is taken into account.
Your daily allowance (DI) will be equal to a portion (percentage) of the reference daily wage that has been calculated. This percentage varies according to the duration of your sick leave and within the limit of an amount called net daily gain (daily wage less 21%). Their amount is capped.
Thus, the amount of IJ is calculated differently between the 1er and 28e day off, then from 29e day.
Namely: benefits in kind are normally included in the base salary used to calculate the YI except if you no longer benefit from it during your stop (example: food allowance).
From the 1st to the 28th day
The daily allowances correspond to 60% your reference daily wage.
The net daily wage is 1/30.42 of your previous month's salary, less a flat rate of 21%.
The daily allowances shall be, at most, €65.17.
The CSG (6.2%) and the CRDS (0.5%) are then deducted from the amount of daily allowances due.
From the 29th day of stop
The daily allowances correspond to 80% the reference daily wage for work stoppage from 29th day.
The net daily wage is 1/30.42 of the previous month's wage, less a flat rate of 21%.
Daily allowances are capped at €86.90.
The CSG (6.2%) and the CRDS (0.5%) are then deducted from the amount of daily allowances due.
Revaluation
There has been no increase in daily allowances since ᵉ 1ʳ July 2020, except for work stoppages that have started before that date, which can still benefit under the old rules.
In the event of an accident at work, the day the accident occurs is paid in full by your employer.
The daily allowances are paid to you by your social security body (CPAM: titleContent, MSA: titleContent) from 1er the day following the cessation of work, without waiting period.
The same applies in the event of a relapse or worsening of the employee's health.
Warning
In Alsace-Moselle, special rules apply. Provided that the discontinuation is due to a cause independent of the employee, the payment of the IJ begins on the 1ster the day of the stoppage and the salary is maintained at 100%.
The daily allowance is paid for the entire period of incapacity for work, until the complete recovery or consolidation the injury (or death).
If your injury is consolidated, a permanent incapacity rate (PPI) is set by your social security agency (CPAM, MSA: titleContent) and entitles you to payment of a life annuity or lump sum capital allowance.
Conditions
Your employer must pay you additional compensation during your work stoppage, if you complete all the following conditions:
- You are not a homeworker, seasonal, intermittent or temporary (temporary) employee
- You justify at least 1 year of service in the company (at 1er day of your absence)
- You informed your employer, within 48 hours, and then forwarded your medical certificate
- You benefit from daily allowances paid by your social security organization
- You are being treated in France or in one of the Member States of l' (EEE).
Warning
In return for the obligation to pay the compensation, your employer can resort to a medical check-up.
Amount
The amount of compensation paid by your employer is calculated over two periods as follows:
- During the first 30 days of work stoppage, the amount corresponds to 90% the gross compensation you would have received if you had worked.
- From 31e on the day of your stay, this amount is only 2/3 (66.66%) the gross remuneration you would have received if you had worked.
The additional compensation paid by the employer is deducted from the JI paid by the social security system and possibly from the sums paid by your supplementary pension plan.
Of treaty provisions may provide for a higher amount.
FYI
Even if the JI paid by the Social Security are reduced (for example, due to hospitalization or a penalty of the CPAM: titleContent for non-compliance with the procedure), the additional allowances paid by the employer shall remain calculated on the basis of the daily allowance before reduction.
Payment Start Date
Payment of supplementary allowances begins on your 1er day of absence. There is no waiting period (i.e. time during which you would not receive a salary).
Duration of payment
Your additional benefits are paid until the end of your work stoppage, taking into account the compensation you would have already received for an accident at work in the last 12 months.
The length of time the employer pays the compensation varies according to your length of service in the company, as follows:
Length of service in the company | Maximum duration of payment of compensation in a 12-month period |
|---|---|
From 1 to 5 years | 60 days (30 days to 90% and 30 days at 66.66%) |
From 6 to 10 years | 80 days (40 days to 90% and 40 days at 66.66%) |
From 11 to 15 years | 100 days (50 days to 90% and 50 days at 66.66%) |
From 16 to 20 years | 120 days (60 days to 90% and 60 days at 66.66%) |
From 21 to 25 years | 140 days (70 days to 90% and 70 days to 66.66%) |
From 26 to 30 years | 160 days (80 days to 90% and 80 days at 66.66%) |
31 years and older | 180 days (90 days to 90% and 90 days at 66.66%) |
The 12-month period for the payment of benefits is evaluated for each day of work stoppage from date to date. Every calendar days are taken into account.
If you have already received one or more sickness benefit periods from the employer in the previous 12 months, this is taken into account when calculating the maximum allowable payment period.
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