End of a French CDD: the 10% prime de précarité plus 10% pay for leave not taken
Estimates only, not financial advice. What you type stays on your device. Checked against sources on 16 Oct 2026.At the end of a French CDD the employee usually receives a prime de précarité of at least 10% of the contract's total gross pay and a leave indemnity of at least 10% of that pay plus the prime for leave not taken. €12,000 over six months gives €1,200 plus €1,320.
2026 · Rates and rules read from the sources listed on this page (the earliest on 16 Oct 2026); they may have changed since.
Type the total gross pay received over the contract and its length in months.
Type the days of paid leave already taken during the contract, if any.
Switch off the prime if the contract ended by misconduct, early by you, by force majeure, or you refused a CDI offered at the end.
Read the prime de précarité, the leave indemnity on the pay plus the prime, and the total.
This calculator works out the two payments due at the end of a French fixed-term contract (CDD): the prime de précarité and the indemnité compensatrice de congés payés, following Service Public's pages and articles L1243-5 to L1243-12 and L1242-16 of the Code du travail.
The prime de précarité. Also called the indemnité de fin de contrat, it is at least 10% of the total gross pay received over the contract. It is not paid after gross misconduct, an early end at the employee's request, force majeure, or the refusal of a CDI offered at the end, nor for professionalisation, apprenticeship, seasonal, student and usage contracts unless the collective agreement says otherwise.
The leave indemnity. A CDD earns 2.5 jours ouvrables of paid leave a month, rounded up. Leave not taken by the end is paid at least 10% of the total gross pay, and the prime counts in that pay. If some leave was taken, the indemnity covers the remaining days in proportion.
A worked example. Six months at €2,000, so €12,000 gross: the prime is €1,200. The leave base is €13,200, and with none of the 15 days taken the indemnity is €1,320. The total is €2,520 gross on top of the last salary. With 5 days taken, the indemnity falls to €880.
When the CDD becomes a CDI. Neither payment is made: the leave days carry over into the permanent contract.
Not included. The maintien de salaire comparison for the leave pay, rates set by a collective agreement, and social contributions. An estimate, not legal advice.
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The prime de précarité, or indemnité de fin de contrat, is at least 10% of the total gross pay received over the fixed-term contract, paid with the last salary. A six-month CDD paying €12,000 gross in total gives a prime of at least €1,200. A collective agreement or contract may give more.
Service Public lists four cases for an ordinary CDD: gross misconduct by the employee, early termination at the employee's request, force majeure, and refusal of a CDI offered by the employer at the end. Professionalisation, apprenticeship, CUI, seasonal, student and usage contracts carry no prime unless the collective agreement provides one.
Paid leave not taken by the end of the CDD is paid as an indemnité compensatrice of at least 10% of the total gross pay, and the prime de précarité counts in that pay. On €12,000 of pay and a €1,200 prime, with no leave taken, the indemnity is €1,320.
A CDD earns the same leave as a CDI: 2.5 jours ouvrables for each month of actual work, with no minimum length, and a fractional total is rounded up. A six-month contract earns 15 days; 20 days worked in a 31-day May earn 1.61 days, rounded up to 2.
Yes. When the CDD continues as a CDI, no prime de précarité is due and the leave indemnity is not paid either: the employee keeps the leave days earned during the CDD and takes them later in the CDI. Refusing a CDI offered at the end also removes the prime.
Besides the last month's salary, a typical CDD ends with the prime de précarité and the leave indemnity. For €12,000 of gross pay over six months with no leave taken, that is €1,200 plus €1,320, so €2,520 gross before social contributions, in the solde de tout compte.
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