Assédic is the partial acronym of "Association pour l’emploi dans l’industrie et le commerce" (Association for Employment in Industry and Trade). Created in 1958, it was a French agency which collected and paid unemployment insurance contributions. It was associated to the UNEDIC

UNEDIC

- Official name :The official acronym was UNEDIC, but it was commonly written Unedic. However, the acronym was sometimes written UNÉDIC or Unédic. From 2009, the official name is Unédic...

 agency, which set the amount of the contributions. In 2009, it was merged with the ANPE into the new agency Pôle emploi

Pôle emploi

Pôle emploi is a French governmental agency which registers unemployed people, helps them find jobs and provides them with financial aid. The agency was created in 2009, resulting from the merger between the ANPE and the UNEDIC . The agency employs 45.000 civil servants...

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Missions

Assédic's main mission was to manage an unemployment insurance system. It collected insurance contributions paid by both employers and employees. There were 30 local Assédic in France, with more than 600 offices, which now belong to Pôle emploi.

External links

• Former website the official website www.assedic.fr now redirects to www.pole-emploi.fr.
• Pôle emploi current official website