The duration of the aid for professional integration granted under the initiative-employment contract may not exceed the term of the employment contract.
The aid may be extended for a total period of up to twenty-four months.
The maximum duration for which aid for professional integration is granted may be waived, in accordance with the terms and conditions laid down by regulation, either when it concerns an employee aged fifty or over who is experiencing particular difficulties that prevent his or her lasting integration into employment, or a person recognised as a disabled worker, or to enable the completion of a professional training action in progress and provided for under the aid granted. The duration of this extension may not exceed the duration of the action concerned.