Good news for many French employees. This allowance can now be extended over time, up to 198 days. Here is how the rules evolve from this January.
When you work and have a parent in need, it is not always easy to be on all fronts, especially if you have dependent children. Between work, transportation, meals, homework and our presence to take care of our ancestors, it’s always a race, but above all a mental load that is difficult to manage. To support families who come to the aid of a loved one who is losing their independence or has a disability, employees can benefit from caregiver leave (CPA) by reducing their professional activity or by choosing to stop working. , temporarily. But until now, its duration was limited to three months, renewable within the limit of one year over its entire career.
In terms of compensation, people who decide to look after a loved one can benefit from the daily caregiver allowance (AJPA), paid by the CAF or the MSA. Its amount amounts to 64.54 euros per day and 32.27 euros for half a day. Until now, this allowance was limited to 22 days per month and 66 days over the entire professional career. As part of the Social Security financing law for 2024, a decree modifies the duration of this aid.
Indeed, since January 1, 2025, the same person can provide help to another loved one by renewing their right to up to four different people being helped, within the limit of 264 days, specifies the Cnaf. Thus, if the caregiver reaches the end of their 66 days of compensation for a first person, they will be able to request this assistance again if they are caring for another relative in need. He will then just have to make a new request to benefit from another 66 days of allowance.
Remember that to benefit from the AJPA, the employee must make a request to their employer specifying their need to stay with a person with a disability or dependency. This may be their “child, their spouse, a parent, a member of their family up to the 4th degree (great-uncle, great-aunt, great-nephew, first cousin) or a disabled or elderly person with whom the person lives or maintains close and stable ties, to whom they help on a regular and frequent basis, in a non-professional capacity, according to the attribution criteria”, specifies the Mon Parcours website Disability.