Seniors, if they lose their jobs today, can no longer expect to live on unemployment benefits as much as before until the day they receive their full pension.
The reform of unemployment insurance, which came into force on February 1, has in fact reduced their duration of compensation by a quarter.
And the age at which they can retire will move away, if the pension reform being debated in Parliament is adopted as it stands.
In practice, it is possible to obtain a few months of reprieve and to extend the duration of unemployment compensation in certain situations, as explained by several experts interviewed by
Le Figaro
.
A senior who loses his job today can count on compensation (and therefore receive the return to work allowance, or ARE) for 18 months if he is under 53, 22.5 months if he is 53 or 54 years old.
If he is 55 years old or more, he benefits from a longer duration: 27 months - or two years and three months - instead of 3 years before the reform of February 1.
But, if he is under 57, he may suffer…
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