France: the government caps daily allowance payments following a workplace accident

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The news. A decree published in the French Official Journal on 1 October reduces the earnings ceiling used to calculate statutory daily allowances paid by Social Security for sick leave resulting from an occupational accident or professional illness. This ceiling drops from 0.834% to 0.226% of the annual Social Security ceiling (€48,060 as of 1 January 2026). The maximum reference daily wage used to calculate daily allowances will therefore be set at €108.62, down from €400.82 currently, repres

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