The signing of a permanent contract (CDI) does not automatically trigger the deregistration from France Travail. Since amendment no. 14 to the unemployment insurance agreement dated November 14, 2024, automatic deregistration only applies to full-time CDIs, and only at the following monthly declaration. Any other situation allows for some flexibility, which we detail here.
Automatic deregistration for full-time CDI and explicit request for maintenance
Since January 2025, France Travail applies an automatic deregistration from the following monthly declaration for any registrant taking up a full-time CDI. The nuance lies in the possibility of making an explicit request for maintenance for reduced activity. Without this step, the file is closed without notice.
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This automatic deregistration aims to clean up the lists of active job seekers. We observe that many employees are unaware of this mechanism and discover their deregistration during their next update attempt. The time frame for contesting is short: the complaint must be made within two months following the notification.
For those who wish to remain registered with France Travail while on a CDI, the request for maintenance must be submitted before the closure of the current month’s update. A simple declaration of activity is not enough: it is necessary to check the reduced activity box and attach the corresponding contract or payslip.
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Part-time CDI and salary-allowance accumulation: the calculation of residual ARE
The maintenance of registration makes perfect sense for employees on part-time CDIs. The mechanism of accumulation between ARE and salary is based on a precise formula: the gross daily allowance reduced by 70% of the gross monthly salary, all capped by the previous daily reference salary.
In practice, a CDI with a gross remuneration significantly lower than the previous reference salary allows for the retention of an ARE supplement. Unpaid days are carried over and extend the total duration of rights. This carryover mechanism is often underestimated: each month of accumulation pushes back the end date of rights.
The declaration must be rigorous. Any omission or delay in submitting the payslip results in a suspension of payment, or even deregistration for non-compliance. The increase in deregistrations observed in recent months among employees on CDIs trying to remain registered is directly linked to this obligation to declare any employment from the first day.
Rechargeable rights in precarious CDI: strategy and legal risks
Employees on low-quotity CDIs (less than 50% of full-time) sometimes use the maintenance of registration to accumulate rechargeable rights. The principle is simple: periods worked in a CDI generate new affiliations that recharge the remaining rights to unemployment insurance, provided that the contract ends later.
This strategy relies on three cumulative conditions:
- Remain registered as a job seeker in reduced activity throughout the duration of the part-time CDI, with uninterrupted monthly updates
- Not exceed the ARE-salary accumulation ceiling, otherwise excess days are lost and not carried over
- Be able to justify an active search for full-time employment or a higher quota, an obligation that remains even while employed
The legal risk is real. In the event of a check, France Travail can reclassify the situation if the employee does not demonstrate effective job search efforts. The undue payments generated (amounts paid in error) are recovered over several years. We recommend keeping all evidence of applications and responses received.
The URSSAF question arises differently. URSSAF does not control registration with France Travail as such, but it checks the consistency between the employer’s social declarations and the income declared by the employee. An inconsistency between the payslip and the France Travail declaration triggers a cross-reporting. This file cross-checking has intensified since the implementation of the solidarity device at source.
CDI and access to France Travail training: an unknown exclusion
Unlike aid contracts (such as skills-solidarity professional employment), where maintenance of registration is mandatory to benefit from additional aids, a standard CDI excludes access to training funded by France Travail. The logic is that the employee on a CDI falls under the skills development plan of their employer, not the France Travail catalog.
This exclusion concerns individual training actions (AIF), operational preparations for employment (POE), and aids for validating acquired skills. Only collective workshops on job search techniques remain accessible, which is of little interest to an employee already in position.
The only exception concerns employees whose CDI is terminated during the trial period. In this case, re-registration is immediate and previous rights are reactivated without a new waiting period, provided that the registration has not been closed in the meantime. Therefore, maintaining registration during the trial period of a CDI constitutes a concrete protection.
Monthly updates in CDI: errors that lead to deregistration
The monthly update remains mandatory for all registrants, including those in reduced activity. The most common errors among employees on CDIs are documented:
- Declaring zero hours worked while a CDI is in progress, which constitutes a false declaration subject to deregistration and reimbursement of received allowances
- Forgetting to submit the payslip within the allotted time after the update, which suspends payment without prior notification
- Not reporting a change in hourly quota (from part-time to full-time), which skews the accumulation calculation and generates an undue
Any modification of the employment contract must be reported within the month. An amendment increasing the hourly volume can lead to automatic deregistration if the full-time threshold is reached.
Maintaining registration in a CDI remains a relevant lever for involuntary part-time work and trial periods. Beyond these cases, the relationship between administrative constraints and real benefits quickly reverses. It is better to formalize the request for maintenance as soon as the contract is signed rather than attempting to regularize afterward.