The Employment Fund (Fonds pour l'Emploi) guarantees the payment to the employees of any financial claims arising from their contract of employment should the employer become insolvent.  

The entitlement is not subject to a minimum period of employment and this provision also covers apprentices and domestic servants as well as part-time and fixed-term contracts. The Employment Fund guarantees payment of any remuneration or other compensation and indemnities due to the employee arising from the final six months of their employment prior to the court’s declaration of the employer’s bankruptcy. This includes any payments due as a consequence of the termination of employment. The guarantee applies to the final six months of employment of the employees concerned, irrespective of the date on which court proceedings begin or whether the six-month reference period is situated immediately before the decision of the court. The maximum amount that can be claimed is six times the monthly adult minimum wage for an unskilled employee (in January 2021 equivalent to a total of €13,200).

 According to the civil code (art.2101), payments to workers have to be paid before all other debts.