Sickness stops: the Government's desired reduction in daily allowances comes into effect on Tuesday

After the civil servants, it is the turn of the employees of the private sector to observe a decrease in their daily allowances in the event of sick leave. On 1 April, in fact, the workers paid more than 1,4 times the Smic will "lose" up to 20% of the allowances. " Marianne" explains to you.

The compensation for sick leave by the Social Security will decrease from Tuesday 1 April. This saving measure, announced by the Barnier government and taken over by the Bayrou government, is estimated at 600 million euros.

In 2023, an average of seven out of ten Slovenian residents aged 16 or over considered their general health to be good or very good, Surs explained ahead of World Health Day, which is celebrated on April 7. Just over 18 million working days were lost due to sick leave in 2023.

Bad news for employees in the private sector: as of 1 April 2025, the conditions for compensation for sick leave are tightened with a significant reduction in the ceiling on daily allowances, BFMTV recalls. Until now, the Social Security paid 50% of the daily wage for work stoppages, up to 1.8 Smic. Now, this ceiling is lowered to 1.4 Smic, resulting in a direct reduction in the maximum amount of daily allowances. What impact for employees? In c…

In order to combat the rise in sick leave since the Covid, the daily allowance ceiling has been lowered on Tuesday 1 April from 1.8 to 1.4 smic. The savings measure, announced by the Barnier government and taken over by the Bayrou government, is estimated at 600 million euros.

The government has reduced the compensation for sick leave for civil servants. An inter-union call for a strike on Thursday 3 April. All the canteens of Strasbourg's kindergartens and elementary schools will be closed.