UNEDIC is the acronym of "Union nationale interprofessionnelle pour l’emploi dans l’industrie et le commerce" ( National Professional Union for Employment in Industry and Trade ). It was created in 1958. Until 2009, it was an agency of the French government which provided unemployed people with social benefits. In 2009, it was merged with the ANPE into the newly created agency Pôle emploi , and was turned into an independent association.
8-561: Assédic is the partial acronym of " Association pour l’emploi dans l’industrie et le commerce " ( transl. Association for Employment in Industry and Trade ). Created in 1958, it was a French agency that collected and paid unemployment insurance contributions. It was associated with the UNEDIC agency, which set the amount of the contributions. In 2009, it was merged with the ANPE into
16-440: A certain number of days (broken down into hours for calculation purposes) paid at a certain rate per day. If they work part-time, their regular pay is counted, the number of hours is counted, and their unused entitlement income is transferred "pro rata" into the following month. UNEDIC The official acronym was UNEDIC, but it was commonly written Unedic. However, the acronym was sometimes written UNÉDIC or Unédic. From 2009,
24-481: A lower level than at the standard working level). Assedic bases its allocations to an individual's revenue on the amount of money earned over a previous period, a percentage of which is calculated and awarded on a daily (compiled in the monthly allocation) basis. Therefore, if a person, over a two-year period, were to lose their job through means other than resigning voluntarily, or being dismissed for serious breaches of contract or criminal behaviour, they are entitled to
32-459: The agency, as is the case for many other governmental agencies. The agency used set the amount of unemployment contributions (paid by a part of salaries). It was affiliated to the Assedic agencies, which collected and paid the contributions. In 2008, it employed almost 15,000 people. On 1 January 2009, the agency turned into an association led by social partners. The government is not implicated,
40-596: The job contract, all payslips (which show all salary figures, and deductions), the "Certificat de Travail", which is proof that you have in fact worked at that enterprise, and an "Attestation de L'Employeur", designed specifically for Assédic, that shows all mathematical details of the employee's company work record. Assédic is flexible and up to a limit approaching your former salary, allows you to work part-time. Revenues for working part-time are not punitively deducted from your income, and they are also considered taxable but also retirement-benefit augmentation income (although at
48-625: The new agency Pôle emploi . Assédic's main mission was to manage an unemployment insurance system. It collected insurance contributions paid by both employers and employees. There were 30 local Assédic in France, with more than 600 offices, which now belong to Pôle emploi. (Now France Travail) For people coming to live in France, it is very important to remember the importance of all certificates, paychecks, and other documents in nearly all aspects of French public administration. People living in France and needing unemployment support between jobs must keep
56-519: The official name is Unédic. While there is no accent on the word "emploi", there is an accent in "Unédic" because of the apostrophe just before the word in the complete name, in French. Until 2009, Unedic was closely associated with the ASSEDIC (or Assedic). Both agencies were often referred to as "Unedic-Assedic" or "Assedic-Unedic" (with multiple variations on accents and capital letters). The Unedic
64-407: Was an agency under governmental control. It was managed by the "social partners", which are both representatives of trade-unions and representatives of companies leaders. There are six trade-unions officially recognized by the government, which are CGT , CFDT , FO , CFE-CGC and CFTC , and three patronal organizations, Medef , CGPME et UPA. Representatives of both groups have equal power to manage
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