You need to work more before claimingFrom November 1st 2019, you must have worked 130 days (910 hours or 6 months) over the last 24 months to be entitled to unemployment compensation. Up until now it was only necessary to work for one month before your unemployment rights were “reloaded”, as France's Service Public website puts it. Self-employed people can get better benefitsFreelancers and other self-employed people in France will be able to claim unemployment compensation of €800 per month for 6 months. READ MORE:More big changes soon to comeThe above measures will all come into force on November 1st 2019 but the French government also has other changes planned for its unemployment scheme, likely to be enshrined in law in 2020. Perhaps the most drastic alteration will be the new way in which the actual unemployment benefits are calculated.

Source: The Local October 22, 2019 10:18 UTC