Without prejudice to the provisions of section 2, when, pursuant to an agreement or an extended collective agreement or to the employment contract, the employer undertakes to renew the contract of an employee occupying a seasonal job as defined in 3° of article L. 1242-2 for the following season, a fixed-term employment contract may be concluded, on the basis of article L. 1242-3, to enable the employee to take part in a training course provided for in the company’s skills development plan. The duration of the contract is equal to the planned duration of the training course.
For the purposes of determining the remuneration received by the employee, the duties referred to in article L. 1242-15 are those that the employee is to perform during the following season.
Seasonal workers for whom the employer undertakes to renew the contract for the following season may also benefit from a top-up to the personal training account under a branch or company agreement.