A report published this Wednesday, April 24 by the national mediator of France Travail reveals that job seekers received an “overpayment” that they will have to repay, due to a miscalculation of the retirement date.
A dysfunction synonymous with bad news for some job seekers. In a report published this Wednesday, April 24, the national mediator of France Travail, formerly known as Pôle Emploi, reveals that a technical bug will force many job seekers to repay sums unduly received.
By cross-referencing its data with that of the Retirement and Occupational Health Insurance Fund – Carsat –, France Travail realized that “significant shifts” between the dates of interruption of payment of unemployment benefit, ranging from “a few months to several years”.
“France Travail had notified the continuation of payment of the return to work assistance allowance (ARE) to a job seeker up to 67 years of age (maximum age for a pension without reduction, Editor’s note). But Carsat’s computer flows called it into question, stopping the full retirement date at 65, triggering an overpayment of two years of compensation.explains the national mediator of France Travail, Jean-Louis Walter, in the columns of Capital.
Amounts of 50,000 to 100,000 euros
This dysfunction in the crossing of data from France Travail and Carsat led to overpayments ranging “from 5,000 to 100,000 euros, or even more”report our colleagues from Capital. Thus generating “critical” situations for the job seekers concerned from whom France Travail is now claiming the sums received in error.
As Carsat does not provide for retroactivity in the payment of retirement pensions, the unemployed will not receive their benefits from the organization.
A warning note was sent to the general director of the employment operator last August, but according to the mediator, the situation is still awaiting a settlement between the institutions concerned.
