Title I: Scope and calculation of workforce thresholds

The provisions of this Book shall apply to private law employers and their employees. They shall also apply to the staff of public bodies employed under the conditions of private law, subject to the specific provisions having the same purpose resulting from the statute governing such staff.

For the implementation of the provisions of this code, the number of employees in the company is calculated in accordance with the following provisions: 1° Employees with permanent full-time employment contracts and home workers are taken into account in full in the company’s workforce; 2° Employees holding a fixed-term employment contract, employees holding an intermittent employment contract, employees made available to the company by an external company who are present…

The following are not taken into account when calculating the number of employees in the company: 1° Apprentices ; 2° Holders of an initiative-employment contract, during the period of allocation of the financial aid mentioned in article L. 5134-72; 3° (Repealed) ; 4° Holders of a contrat d’accompagnement dans l’emploi (employment support contract) during the period for which the financial aid referred to in article L. 5134-30 is allocated; 5°…