This page has been automatically translated. Please refer to the page in French if needed.
Human Resources
Contractual breakdown and retirement: modification of employer contribution
Publié le null - Mise à jour le 20 septembre 2023 - Legal and Administrative Information Directorate (Prime Minister)
As part of the pension reform, the contributions paid by the employer on allowances paid in connection with a contractual breakdown and retirement have been unified since 1er September 2023. The rate of that single contribution shall be 30 % of the compensation paid.
The 2023 Social Security Amending Financing Act unifies the social scheme of conventional severance and retirement benefits. The aim of this reform is to increase the cost of contractual breaks in DTAs in order to protect employees who are close to retirement from potential redundancy.
Thus, to 1er september 2023shall apply to employers a fixed single contribution to 30% the compensation paid. This does not take into account whether or not the employee is entitled to a retirement pension.
This single contribution, set up for the benefit of the National Old-Age Insurance Fund, replaces:
- the social flat-rate fixed at 20% of the amount of the contractual severance allowance (it applied only to employees who were not entitled to a retirement pension)
- and the employer's contribution of 50 % of the allowance paid for the employee's retirement.
Rate applied until August 31, 2023 on the compensation paid | Rate applied to 1er september 2023 on compensation paid | |
Social security scheme for contractual severance pay | 20 % (social lump sum, applies to employees who are not entitled to a retirement pension) | 30 % (single contribution, applies for all employees) |
Employer's contribution on allowances paid in the event of an employee's retirement | 50 % (employers' contribution) | 30 % (single contribution) |
Please note
This employer contribution must be declared via the CTP 719.