CEZAMFrench severance pay
2026 scale · checked 01/09/2026 · LégifranceStatutory and collective minimum.
These rules apply to French payroll and tax only.
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| Years up to 10 — 5 × 1/4 month | €3,125.00 |
Statutory minimum, excluding serious misconduct. Your collective agreement may provide more — it then prevails. Not modelled: work-related incapacity (doubled pay), mixed part-time/full-time careers, tax and social treatment. Dismissal during sick leave or therapeutic part-time work (the reference salary is then taken from the months before the leave) — not handled here. An estimate, not advice.
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What this tool calculates
French statutory severance pay is due after 8 months of continuous service, except in cases of serious misconduct. It amounts to a quarter of a month’s salary per year of service up to ten years, and a third of a month per year beyond that; an incomplete year counts pro rata to the number of full months (articles R1234-1 and R1234-2 of the Labour Code).
The reference salary is whichever formula favours the employee: the average of the last twelve months of gross pay, or the average of the last three months — annual bonuses only count for one twelfth per month (article R1234-4). The tool compares both and states which one was used.
What is not modelled
This is the statutory minimum. A collective agreement, contract or established practice may provide a higher amount: the most favourable applies. Check your collective agreement before any decision.
Outside the calculation: the special severance for work-related incapacity (doubled, article L1226-14), careers mixing part-time and full-time work, ongoing sick leave (the reference salary is then taken from the months preceding the leave) and the tax and social treatment of the payment.