Retirees can again have holiday vouchers and here is how to ask them

Retirees from the State Public Service can again benefit from the holiday vouchers following the cancellation by the Council of State of a circular which has deprived them since 2023. Moreover, Here is how to request them. However,

Many retirees do not know it but they can also benefit from summer from a little boost to go on vacation. Moreover, enjoy the beautiful days: holiday vouchers. Moreover, This method of payment is accepted in many tourist places but also to the tolls of highways. Furthermore, in certain restaurants or hotels or to finance a sporting or cultural activity.

For the past few days, like their private counterparts, public service retirees have been retirees can again have holiday entitled again and can request it! Furthermore, On Tuesday. Similarly, June 24, 2025, the Council of State, seized by six unions, canceled a circular from the Ministry of the Public Service dating from October 2023.

It removed the payment of holiday vouchers to former state employees, to reserve it for active agents. The high court motivated its position by too brief communication. the absence of prior consultation before the publication of the circular. This decision allows ex-functionaries to benefit again from this advantage established in 1982.

But how to get them? To apply for holiday vouchers. it is enough for ex-agents of the public sector to go to the dedicated site: https://www.functionpublique-chequesvacances.fr. The UNSA union reveals that the presentation text is not yet updated but that retirees can access the form. by clicking on “all information”. A specific paragraph specifies the eligibility retirees can again have holiday conditions for retirees:

• Be a retired civil. military civil servant governed by the pension code, without having activity income
• Or be a retired state worker
• Be imposed in France, the situation being appreciated on the date of the request

On the official website, as we have noted and tested, a simulator was even set up for retirees. You can inform your situation. its supervisory ministry and discover its eligibility and the amount that can be received according to your reference tax income. As specified in the circular, an activity income greater than 1000 euros is enough to make you ineligible to the system.

Pensioners in the private sector are not to be outdone and also retain their access to vacuum checks. To claim it. they must however fulfill certain essential conditions: be at least 60 years old retirees can again have holiday (55 years for people with disabilities), reside and be taxable in France, and not exceed the established resources ceilings. The coupons are mainly distributed by the social and economic committees (CSE) of companies or the pension funds. Former employees can therefore contact their CSE if they were members during their professional life.

Will the vacuum checks remain accessible to retired officials in the coming years? Nothing is less certain … before the cancellation of this circular. around 38,000 retirees from the public service perceived these coupons, representing a quarter of the beneficiaries in the public according to Le Figaro. The abolition aimed to reduce the total cost of this assistance estimated at 33.7 million euros, by reserving it for active agents. What to save between 6 and 9 million per year …