GEPSA ends pay advances on sick leave, tweaks family leave

GEPSA revised its 30 December 2021 company agreement with a first amendment signed at Saint-Ouen on 13 October 2026Legifrance with the CFE-CGC, CFTC, CGT and FO unions, changing only two articlesLegifrance. Everything else in the 2021 agreement continues unchanged. The amendment runs indefinitely and takes effect on its signature date once filing and publication are completeLegifrance, except for the end of subrogation, which takes effect on 1 January 2027Legifrance.

Family-event leave changes for three events onlyLegifrance. The birth of one or more children gives three working daysLegifrance, the death of a father-in-law or mother-in-law gives three working daysLegifrance, and the death of the employee's own grandparent gives one working dayLegifrance. All other events and durations in article 26 stay as they are, subject to any more favourable statutory provisions in force on the day of the event, and the existing rules on proof, use and splitting of leave are untouched.

Sick-pay mechanics change while sick-pay levels do notLegifrance. From 1 January 2027Legifrance GEPSA stops advancing social-security daily allowancesLegifrance, ending subrogationLegifrance: the competent social-security body pays the allowances directly to the employeeLegifrance, and GEPSA pays only the employer top-up needed to reach the salary maintenance owed, after deducting the gross daily allowances the employee can claimLegifrance. The employee must forward the allowance statements promptly so GEPSA can compute and where needed regularise the top-up; meanwhile GEPSA calculates maintenance on estimated allowances and regularises once the final statements arrive. Missing proof can suspend the top-up or trigger a regularisation. The amendment states expressly that the right to salary maintenance is unaffectedLegifrance and only the payment channel changes.

Eligibility and rates are unchangedLegifrance. The top-up requires one year's seniority on the first day of absence, a medical certificate sent to the home site within 48 hours of the absence startingLegifrance and within 24 hours for any extensionLegifrance, cover by the social-security schemeLegifrance, and treatment in France or another European Union countryLegifrance. Under one year's seniority the employee receives only daily allowancesLegifrance; with one to two years' seniority maintenance pays 100 percent of base salary for days 1 to 60Legifrance and 75 percent for days 61 to 90Legifrance; beyond two years it pays 100 percent through day 120. All rates are net of the gross daily allowances the employee can claimLegifrance. Past the 120th maintained dayLegifrance, assessed over a rolling window, the company provident scheme tops up the social-security benefits under the insurance contract and its eligibility rulesLegifrance. Entitlement is counted from the payroll month that includes the stoppageLegifrance, deducting days already compensated over the eleven months before that monthLegifrance; the agreement illustrates this with a stoppage starting 15 February 2026 on the March payroll counting days compensated between April 2025 and February 2026.

Legal basis: Accord d'entreprise GEPSA du 30 décembre 2021, articles 26 and 28.2.