France job dismissals 2023

In the third quarter of 2023 there were a total 240,529 job dismissals made in France, the majority of them were made by the employers for personal reasons, and only 20,339 dismissals were based on economic reasons. Since 2015, the total number of dismissals kept increasing, going from 127,239 in the second quarter of 2015, until reaching a peak in the second quarter of 2022 with around 277,764 dismissals.

Number of people dismissed from their jobs in France from 1st quarter 2007 to 3rd quarter 2023

Characteristic	Dismissed for economic reasons	Dismissed for personal reasons
Q3 2023	20,339	220,190
Q2 2023	20,357	224,625
Q1 2023	21,842	241,460
Q4 2022	22,346	239,707
Q3 2022	22,356	251,061
Q2 2022	25,222	252,542
Q1 2022	25,509	241,010
Q4 2021	24,796	234,449
Q3 2021	27,437	221,028
Q2 2021	28,840	200,054
Q1 2021	30,910	188,097
Q4 2020	32,898	191,569
Q3 2020	36,158	188,232
Q2 2020	27,137	136,673
Q1 2020	29,535	214,451
Q4 2019	28,099	205,700
Q3 2019	25,929	202,371
Q2 2019	26,753	199,573
Q1 2019	25,611	195,979
Q4 2018	29,045	196,975
Q3 2018	28,704	191,347
Q2 2018	24,380	190,846
Q1 2018	26,284	187,699
Q4 2017	26,972	179,556
Q3 2017	28,053	175,237
Q2 2017	29,618	174,342
Q1 2017	29,779	170,058
Q4 2016	30,646	158,517
Q3 2016	29,775	155,059
Q2 2016	32,479	156,059
Q1 2016	30,800	147,855
Q4 2015	28,745	146,726
Q3 2015	33,853	139,162
Q2 2015	31,888	95,351
Q1 2015	32,261	105,574
Q4 2014	30,343	95,721
Q3 2014	28,146	95,223
Q2 2014	25,179	96,244
Q1 2014	27,966	96,122
Q4 2013	32,767	102,437
Q3 2013	31,608	100,896
Q2 2013	34,760	105,285
Q1 2013	32,517	99,773
Q4 2012	31,562	100,291
Q3 2012	26,637	95,003
Q2 2012	28,528	95,339
Q1 2012	26,104	93,667
Q4 2011	32,519	104,610
Q3 2011	31,664	99,616
Q2 2011	27,545	101,137
Q1 2011	29,350	103,764
Q4 2010	31,681	102,174
Q3 2010	36,303	103,602
Q2 2010	45,259	104,706
Q1 2010	53,148	117,206
Q4 2009	62,054	118,270
Q3 2009	68,379	116,619
Q2 2009	71,711	123,124
Q1 2009	59,659	125,570
Q4 2008	52,788	138,939
Q3 2008	38,666	153,494
Q2 2008	41,090	156,964
Q1 2008	41,626	148,374
Q4 2007	48,757	128,138
Q3 2007	45,185	135,745
Q2 2007	35,430	137,342
Q1 2007	39,971	133,253

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Release date

January 2024

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France

Survey time period

Q1 2007 to Q3 2023

Supplementary notes

Only including metropolitan France.

Not including agriculture, temporary employment, and private employers.

Dismissal for economic reasons : Dismissals for economic reasons are those carried out by an employer for one or more reasons not inherent to the employee's person, resulting from the elimination or transformation of a job, or from a modification, refused by the employee, of an essential element of the employment contract, due in particular to economic difficulties, technological change, a reorganization of the company necessary to safeguard its competitiveness, or the cessation of the company's activity.

Dismissal for personal reasons : Dismissal for personal reasons is based on a reason linked to the employee's person (professional misconduct, lack of efficiency or seriousness in work, etc.). This type of dismissal must be based on a real and serious cause to be valid.

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