Sick leave: daily allowances paid to the employee
Verified 01 June 2026 - Public Service / Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
If you are an employee and are on sick leave, you are entitled to daily subsistence allowance (DSA) paid by your health insurance scheme (CPAM: titleContent, MSA: titleContent,...). You want to know the conditions of compensation, to know if there is a waiting period before you collect your JIs, their amount or can you also receive additional benefits from your employer? We present you the information to know.
Compensation conditions differ depending on the length of your work stoppage: up to 6 months, after 6 months.
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Up to 6 months off
To be compensated during the first 6 months of your stoppage, you must prove one of the following conditions, on the day of the work stoppage:
- You have worked at least 150 hours in the 3 calendar months or the 90 days preceding the cessation
- You have contributed, during the 6 calendar months preceding the termination, on the basis of a remuneration at least equal to 1,015 times the amount of the Smic: titleContent schedule set at the beginning of this period.
Example :
If your work stoppage started on 1er July 2023, you are entitled to JIs if any of the following conditions are met:
- You worked at least 150 hours between the 1ster April 2023 and June 30, 2023
- You have, between the 1er January 2023 and June 30, 2023, contributed on the basis of a remuneration at least equal to €12,058.20.
These conditions apply whether you work full-time or part-time.
Warning
In addition to these conditions, if your work stoppage is established on paper, only a secure cerfa form with enhanced authentication devices will be accepted by your Social Security organization. This new form includes a holographic label and other security features to combat fraud.
Old paper forms, photocopies or scans will no longer be admissible. If you use an old model, your judgment may be rejected and not entitle you to daily allowances.
In case of discontinuous or seasonal work, the payment of the daily allowances is maintained if you one the following conditions:
- You have worked at least 600 hours in the 12 months or 365 days prior to the start of the shutdown
- You received a salary equal to or greater than 2,030 times the hourly minimum wage during the 12 months or 365 days before the start of the stoppage.
After 6 months
To continue to be compensated if your stop lasts longer than 6 months, you must meet one of the following conditions:
- On the date of interruption of work, you must prove that you have been a member of a social security scheme (CPAM, MSA) for at least 12 months and have worked at least 600 hours on the 12 calendar months or the 365 days preceding the stop
- You must have contributed, during the 12 calendar months or the 365 days preceding the cessation, on the basis of a remuneration at least equal to 2,030 times the amount of the Smic: titleContent schedule set at the beginning of this period.
Example :
If your work stoppage of more than 6 months started on the 1ster July 2024, you are entitled to JIs beyond 6 months if you meet one of the following conditions:
- You were already affiliated to a social security scheme before July 2023 and you worked at least 600 hours between the 1ster July 2023 and June 30, 2024
- During the same period, you contributed on the basis of a remuneration at least equal to €24,116.40.
These conditions apply whether you work full-time or part-time.
Warning
In addition to these conditions, if your work stoppage is established on paper, only a secure cerfa form with enhanced authentication devices will be accepted by your Social Security organization. This new form includes a holographic label and other security features to combat fraud.
Old paper forms, photocopies or scans will no longer be admissible. If you use an old model, your judgment may be rejected and not entitle you to daily allowances.
In case of discontinuous or seasonal work, the payment of the daily allowances is maintained if you one the following conditions:
- You have worked at least 600 hours in the 12 months or 365 days prior to the start of the shutdown
- You received a salary equal to or greater than 2,030 times the hourly minimum wage during the 12 months or 365 days before the start of the stoppage.
Certain periods are taken into account as working hours even if you have not actually worked. The periods during which you have been compensated by the Social Security (sickness, maternity, equivalent to 6 hours of paid work per day compensated.
Thus, if you are on leave from work or in another situation covered by daily allowances, these periods make it possible to complete the hours necessary to meet the conditions for entitlement.
These conditions apply whether you work full-time or part-time.
FYI
When a telemedicine procedure is performed by someone other than your doctor or a midwife, the prescription of a work stoppage (or its renewal) cannot exceed 3 days. After these 3 days, you will not be entitled to daily allowances.
Method of calculation
Daily allowances (DI) are equal to 50% the basic daily wage.
If you are paid monthly, your basic daily wage is equal to the total of the last 3 gross wages received before the work stoppage, divided by 91.25.
Example :
If you received a gross salary of €2,000 per month during the 3 months preceding your work stoppage, you will be able to obtain JIs according to the following calculation:
- Gross salary for the last 3 months = 6,000 (2,000 x 3)
- Basic daily wage = €65.75 (6,000 / 91.25)
- IJ = €32.87 (€65.75 (basic daily wage) x 50%).
IJs cannot exceed €42.97 raw.
Your salary taken into account to calculate your basic daily earnings, is capped at 1.4 times the amount of the minimum wage in force, on the last day of the month preceding the stop (either €2,613.82 per month in 2026).
If you earn more, your JIs will be calculated as follows:
- Basic daily wage = €85.93 [(€2,613.82 x 3) / 91.25]
- IJ = €42.97 (85.93 x 50%).
Warning
For judgments that started before 1 ᵉʳ April 2025, the old ceiling remains applicable: the salary taken into account for the calculation of the basic daily earnings is capped at 1.8 times the amount of the minimum wage in force, on the last day of the month preceding the judgment.
Example: if your monthly gross salary is €3,500, alone €3,243.24 will be taken into account for the calculation of your daily allowances.
Maximum amount
IJs cannot exceed €42.97 raw.
The IJs are paid after a waiting period from 3 days.
Example :
In case of shutdown from 1er In July, JIs are paid from 4 July.
The waiting period applies to each work stoppage.
Warning
There is no waiting period in case of resumption of activity between 2 work stoppages not exceeding 48 hours. Similarly, there is no waiting period in the event of successive work stoppages due to a long-term condition (ALD).
The days of absence are counted in the calculation of your retirement insofar as it is the duration of the stoppage that is taken into account.
For short-term breaks, there is no impact on the calculation of your retirement.
However, if the stoppages are of long duration, they are also taken into account as follows: 1 quarter is validated for each period of 60 days of compensation within the limit of 4 quarter per year.
Days compensated
IJs are due for each calendar day interruptions of work, including Saturday and Sunday.
Periodicity of payment
Your Social Security Organization (CPAM: titleContent, MSA: titleContent) pays you the IJ every 14 days. He will send you a statement at the same time. You can also download it.
Maximum duration of payment
General case
The Social Security Organization (CPAM, MSA) pays up to 12 months of IJ per 3 consecutive years.
In case of ALD
If you suffer from ALD, the JIs shall be paid during 3 years.
A new period of 3 years is opened if you have reworked for at least 1 year.
If, after 3 years, you are sick again and have worked less than one year, you can be compensated if you have received less than 12 months of JI over the 3-year period.
Income | Cumulation possible with daily allowances? |
|---|---|
Invalidity pension | Yes, if your disability rate is compatible with resumption of employment |
Old-age pension | Yes, if you are retired and otherwise engaged in paid employment |
Additional part of your salary paid by your employer | Yes |
Unemployment benefits | No |
Daily maternity allowance | No |
Occupational Health and Illness Allowances (AT-MP) | No |
Conditions
To receive the additional benefits, you must complete all the following conditions:
- Have at least 1 year of seniority in the company (calculated from your 1er day of absence)
- Have provided the employer with the medical certificate within 48 hours
- Be insured and subject to a social security scheme entitling to the payment ofdaily allowances
- Be treated in France or in one of the Member States of the European Economic Area (EEA)
- Not be a homeworker or seasonal, intermittent or temporary employee.
The actual payment of daily allowances by the Social Security is not a condition for receiving supplementary allowances paid by the employer.
Daily allowances are taken into account only for the calculation of the amount of the supplementary allowance.
Waiting period
One waiting period from 7 days is intended for each work stoppage.
Thus, the payment of supplementary allowances begins on 8e day of sick leave except treaty provisions or more favorable collective agreement.
If the work stoppage is due to a or to a occupational disease, the payment of JIs starts from 1er day of absence.
Duration of payment
The length of time an employer pays compensation varies depending on your seniority, as follows:
Length of service in the company | Maximum duration of payment of compensation |
|---|---|
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%) |
If you have already received one or more periods of sickness compensation from the employer in the previous 12 months, the duration of payment is deducted from the number of days already compensated.
Amount
During the First 30 to 90 days off depending on your seniority, you can receive allowances, which in addition to the IJ, allow you to receive 90% the gross compensation you would have received if you had worked.
During the Next 30 to 90 days off, the percentage is reduced to 2/3 (i.e 66.66%) of your remuneration.
To calculate the amount paid by the employer, you must deduct the JI paid by your social security organization (CPAM, MSA,...) and, if this is the case, the benefits resulting from the employer's payments under a supplementary pension plan.
Your collective agreement may contain more favorable provisions (such as full salary maintenance).
If the JI paid by your Social Security organization (CPAM, MSA,...) are reduced (for example, due to hospitalization or a penalty of the CPAM: titleContent for non-compliance with its regulations), the amount paid by the employer remains calculated taking into account the full amount of JI.
Warning
In return for the obligation to pay the compensation, the employer may medical check-up.
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