Indemnités journalières maladie
Daily sickness allowance
Daily sickness allowance from CPAM after a doctor's arrêt maladie — about 50% of your prior daily salary while you recover.
Start application →The indemnités journalières maladie are the daily cash sickness benefits paid by Assurance Maladie (CPAM) under the Code de la Sécurité Sociale. After a 3-day waiting period (carence) for salaried workers, the daily rate is approximately 50% of your average daily basic salary over the last 3 months, capped at the social security ceiling, with higher replacement rates after 30 days for parents of three or more children. The arrêt maladie itself must come from a treating doctor and is transmitted electronically to CPAM and the employer; an attestation de salaire from the employer is what triggers the payment calculation. Self-employed workers, professions libérales, and indemnified job-seekers have parallel rules with their own minimum periods and base calculations.
Eligibility
You qualify for IJ maladie if:
- A doctor has issued an arrêt de travail and transmitted it to CPAM
- You meet the minimum prior activity (typically 150 hours worked or contributions on at least 1015× SMIC over 3 months for salariés)
- Your employer has filed an attestation de salaire with CPAM
- You comply with sortie restrictions and CPAM medical-control requests during the arrêt
- You are insured under Assurance Maladie (régime général, agricole, or applicable special regime)