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Prisma Media
Main severance
Journalists' agreement
Health cover
Statutory portability (12 months)
Status
In negotiation
Positions affected
230 to 240 positions out of 694 permanent staff (~one third)
Context
Why the plan was launched and who is affected
Sites affected
Gennevilliers HQ. Titles: Femme Actuelle, Géo, Capital, Télé-Loisirs, Voici, etc.
Rationale & context
Declining advertising and print markets, falling web traffic and the rise of generative AI; third wave of cuts since 2021.
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Severance
What employees received — legal base, supra-legal, caps
Legal / collective indemnity
This is the minimum guaranteed by your sector's collective agreement. Paid to every affected employee on top of the statutory legal indemnity.
National journalists' agreement (IDCC 1480) for journalists; press agreement for others. Absent a published PSE scale, the statutory/collective severance indemnity applies as a minimum.
Underlying formula · Severance: 1 month of salary per year of seniority; beyond 15 years, set by the journalists' arbitration board.
Supra-legal top-up
The amount negotiated by unions ON TOP OF the legal and collective minimum. Often the largest part of the package.
Information not public
Notice period
Period between the dismissal notification and the actual departure. The employee remains paid during this time, whether they work or not.
Not specified in the PSE.
Collective minimum · National journalists' agreement (IDCC 1480) — Notice 1 to 2 months depending on seniority.
Example — rough estimate
For a manager (cadre) employee with 5 years of seniority and €3,500 gross/month:
| Collective severance | (1.25 months × €3,500) | €4,375 |
| Supra-legal severance | — | Not publicly disclosed |
Very rough illustrative estimate. Your actual amount depends on your exact reference salary (max of 1/12 of last 12 months or 1/3 of last 3 months, bonuses included — art. R1234-4 French Labour Code), your precise status (manager/non-manager/ETAM), your hire date and your individual situation. For a personalized calculation of the legal indemnity, use the official French Ministry of Labour simulator.
Notes & sources
Additional information and references
Notes
Voluntary-departure plan + PSE announced December 2025, works-council presentation Q1 2026. Now part of Louis Hachette Group (ex-Vivendi). Follows a 2024 RCC and a 2025 PSE struck down by the courts.
- 230 to 240 positions out of 694 permanent staff (~one third).
- Mechanism: voluntary-departure plan (PDV) coupled with a PSE.
- Now Louis Hachette Group (Bolloré control), no longer Vivendi.
- Indemnity amounts not public (plan under negotiation).
- Background: 2024 RCC (~27 jobs); 2025 PSE (54-57) struck down for failure to inform the works council.
Support
Outplacement, training, retraining aid and mobility
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Selection
How departures are decided — criteria and voluntary scheme
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📄 AFP (via France 24) ; Syndicalisme Hebdo (CFDT) ; NVO (CGT) · View source →