Branch agreements and professional agreements include, for the benefit of company employees taking part in negotiations, as well as in meetings of the joint bodies that they set up, provisions relating to the procedures for exercising the right to be absent, compensation for loss of wages or the maintenance of wages, as well as compensation for travel expenses.
For companies with a workforce below a threshold defined by decree of the Conseil d’Etat, the remuneration and social security contributions relating to the remuneration of company employees taking part in negotiations are paid by the joint fund mentioned in article L. 2135-9 on the basis of a lump sum set by order of the Minister responsible for labour.