CIE and Return-to-Work Contracts (Contrat de Retour à l'Emploi)

Before the CIE contract was created, there was a similar contract that helped the unemployed return to work called the Contrat de Retour à l'Emploi (CRE). When the CIE was introduced, many payees continued to work under old CRE contracts. Payees who are still working with CRE contracts follow the same rules as payees under CIE. The only difference is the social security code used to manage the URSSAF contributions for these two contracts.

For the CRE, the social security code used is code 944 (945 for Alsace-Moselle) and is applied to payees over 50 years of age and unemployed for more than one year when they signed their contracts. For the CIE, two social security codes may be used: 956 for general cases or 960 for contracts concluded with people over 50 years of age (957 and 961 for Alsace-Moselle).