Your rights when your contract with a household employer ends
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If you work for a private individual in France — housekeeper, carer, garde d'enfant à domicile, assistant maternel — your contract is governed by the convention collective IDCC 3239. When the employer ends it, the convention sets the steps, the notice period, the indemnity and the documents. This page states each rule with its article, as it applies to both parties.
What the convention provides, in one minute
- A convocation by LRAR or hand delivery against signature, an entretien in person from the 4th working day, a notification by LRAR — art. 161.1.1.1.
- A notice of 1 week, 1 month or 2 months by seniority, starting at the first presentation of the letter — art. 162.4.1.
- An indemnité de licenciement from 8 months of seniority — art. 163.1 — and the indemnité compensatrice de congés payés — C. trav. L.3141-28.
- Four documents produced from the CESU or Pajemploi account: certificat de travail, reçu pour solde de tout compte, attestation France Travail, last payslip.
The procedure, from the employee's side
Under CCN art. 161.1.1, a particulier employeur applies the convention's own dismissal rules; the Code du travail procedure of art. L.1232-2 and following does not apply. The steps below are those of art. 161.1.1.1. They apply to every salarié du particulier employeur, including a garde d'enfant à domicile.
You receive a convocation
By registered letter with acknowledgment of receipt or by hand delivery against your signature. The letter states the object of the entretien, its date and its place. The entretien cannot be held before the 4th jour ouvrable counted from the day after the letter was presented to you or handed to you.
You attend the entretien and are heard
The entretien is held in person. The employer states the motif or motifs considered and hears your explanations. The convention requires the decision, if it follows, to rest on a cause réelle et sérieuse or on a faute grave or faute lourde.
You receive the notification — the notice starts
The decision is notified by LRAR, sent between the 4th and the 30th jour ouvrable counted from the day after the entretien. Your notice period (art. 162.4.1) starts on the first presentation of that letter. Seniority is counted under the same contract. The resignation column applies when you leave on your own initiative (art. 162.6). No notice applies in case of faute grave or faute lourde.
| Seniority (same contract) | Dismissal notice — art. 162.4.1 | Resignation notice — art. 162.6 |
|---|---|---|
| Less than 6 months | 1 week | 1 week |
| 6 months to less than 2 years | 1 month | 2 weeks |
| 2 years and more | 2 months | 1 month |
What you receive: the indemnities
Indemnité de licenciement (art. 163.1): from 8 months of seniority, 1/4 of the average gross monthly salary per year of seniority up to 10 years and 1/3 per year beyond, on the more favourable of the last 12 months' or the last 3 months' average. It is not due in case of faute grave or faute lourde. It is not salary and is exempt from contributions within the legal limits. Indemnité compensatrice de congés payés (C. trav. L.3141-28): for the paid leave acquired and not taken at the end of the contract, paid with the final pay.
The rupture conventionnelle (art. 161.3)
The contract may also end by mutual agreement between the two parties. The indemnity cannot be lower than the art. 163.1 indemnity. The agreement uses the TéléRC forms; from its signature, each party has 15 calendar days to retract (C. trav. L.1237-13), then the DREETS has 15 jours ouvrables to homologate (L.1237-14).
Assistant maternel: when a parent withdraws the child (art. 119 to 121)
The retrait d'enfant (art. 119.1) is notified to you by LRAR or handed over against your signature and ends the contract. No motif is required; the retrait cannot rest on a discriminatory or unlawful ground. The notice of art. 120 runs from the first presentation or handover of the letter; it is the same for either party.
| Time the child has been received | Notice (either party) — art. 120 |
|---|---|
| Less than 3 months | 8 calendar days |
| 3 months to less than 1 year | 15 calendar days |
| 1 year and more | 1 month |
Indemnité de rupture (art. 121.1): from 9 months of accueil, 1/80 of the total gross salaries paid during the contract, excluding the indemnités d'entretien, de repas and kilométriques. It is not due in case of faute grave or faute lourde, nor when the contract ends because the agrément is modified, suspended or withdrawn. The rupture conventionnelle is not available for an assistant maternel (CASF art. L.423-2). Since 1 June 2026, the minimum hourly wage per child is 4,20 € gross without the AM-GE title and 4,37 € with it (avenant n° 10 du 5 février 2026, extended by arrêté du 4 mai 2026).
The documents you receive
The employer generates them from the CESU or Pajemploi account; the last pay is declared there at the latest the 5th of the month following. The reçu pour solde de tout compte, once signed, may be contested within 6 months, for the sums it lists (C. trav. L.1234-20).
| Document | Who produces it | Who receives it | Rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| Certificat de travail (employment certificate) | The employer, from the CESU or Pajemploi account | The employee | C. trav. art. L.1234-19 |
| Reçu pour solde de tout compte (final settlement receipt) | The employer, listing the sums paid at the end of the contract | The employee, who signs it — it may be contested within 6 months of signature, for the sums it lists | C. trav. art. L.1234-20 |
| Attestation employeur France Travail | The employer, generated from the CESU or Pajemploi account | The employee, for the unemployment-benefit file | C. trav. art. R.1234-9 |
| Last payslip | Produced by CESU or Pajemploi once the last pay is declared — at the latest the 5th of the following month | The employee | CESU / Pajemploi declaration rules |
| Indemnité compensatrice de congés payés (untaken paid leave) | Paid by the employer with the final pay | The employee | C. trav. art. L.3141-28 |
Quick answer
When a particulier employeur ends your contract, CCN IDCC 3239 art. 161.1.1.1 provides a convocation (LRAR or hand delivery against signature), an entretien in person from the 4th working day, and a notification by LRAR between the 4th and the 30th working day after the entretien. Your notice is 1 week, 1 month or 2 months by seniority (art. 162.4.1) and starts at the first presentation of the letter. From 8 months of seniority you receive the art. 163.1 indemnity (1/4 month per year up to 10 years, 1/3 beyond), plus the indemnité compensatrice de congés payés (C. trav. L.3141-28). You receive the certificat de travail, the reçu pour solde de tout compte (contestable within 6 months), the attestation France Travail and the last payslip, all produced from the CESU or Pajemploi account. As an assistant maternel: retrait d'enfant by LRAR (art. 119.1), notice of 8 days, 15 days or 1 month (art. 120), indemnité de rupture from 9 months (art. 121.1).
At the same moment, on the other side
While you receive the convocation, attend the entretien and work the notice, the employer applies the same articles from the other side: sending the letters within the art. 161.1.1.1 time limits, computing the art. 163.1 or 121.1 indemnity, declaring the last pay on CESU or Pajemploi by the 5th of the following month and generating the four documents. The employer-side pages state these steps from that side.
Frequently Asked Questions
Procedure, notice, indemnities, documents, rupture conventionnelle.
Q.What procedure does a particulier employeur follow to end my contract?
Q.How long is my notice period when the employer ends the contract?
Q.Which indemnity do I receive?
Q.Which documents do I receive, and from where?
Q.Can the contract end by rupture conventionnelle?
Sources
- Convention collective nationale des particuliers employeurs et de l'emploi à domicile (IDCC 3239) — consolidated text on Légifrance: socle commun, socle spécifique « salarié du particulier employeur » (art. 161 to 163) and socle spécifique « assistant maternel » (art. 119 to 121).
- Avenant n° 10 du 5 février 2026 — arrêté d'extension du 4 mai 2026 (JO n° 0108, 8 mai 2026) — minimum wages of annexes 5 (assistant maternel) and 6 (salarié du particulier employeur), applicable from 1 June 2026.
- code.travail.gouv.fr — Code du travail numérique (Ministère du Travail): contribution pages for IDCC 3239 and the Code du travail articles cited on this page (L.1234-19, L.1234-20, R.1234-9, L.3141-28, L.1237-13, L.1237-14).
- cesu.urssaf.fr / pajemploi.urssaf.fr — URSSAF services through which the particulier employeur declares pay and produces the end-of-contract documents.
Rules verified on 24/08/2026 on Légifrance and code.travail.gouv.fr. Page published 2026-08-24T00:00:00+00:00, last updated 2026-08-24T00:00:00+00:00.
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Which procedure applies: for a particulier employeur, the dismissal procedure of the convention collective IDCC 3239 applies instead of the Code du travail procedure (CCN art. 161.1.1: the rules are those of the convention; art. 161.1.1.1: entretien préalable from the 4th jour ouvrable counted from the day after the first presentation of the convocation, then notification by registered letter from the 4th to the 30th jour ouvrable counted from the day after the entretien). The Code du travail reaches this sector only through the closed list of art. L.7221-2, which does not include the L.1232-2 procedure.
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Notice end date, end-of-contract indemnity, paid-leave indemnity and the documents hand-over calendar, computed from the rules of the convention collective IDCC 3239 for both parties. No account needed for the calculation.
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