Title I: The public employment service

The role of the public employment service is to provide reception, guidance, training and integration; it includes placement, payment of a replacement income, support for jobseekers and help in securing career paths for all employees.

The public employment service is provided by : 1° State departments responsible for employment and professional equality ; 2° The public institution mentioned in article L. 5312-1 ; 3° The establishment mentioned in article L. 5315-1 of the Labour Code. It is also provided by the body managing the unemployment insurance scheme mentioned in article L. 5427-1 within the framework of its own legal provisions.

The region participates in the coordination of those involved in the public employment service within its territory, under the conditions set out in articles L. 6123-3 and L. 6123-4. The départements, communes and their groupings may contribute to the public employment service, under the conditions set out in articles L. 5322-1 to L. 5322-4.

The State may delegate to the region, under the conditions set out inarticle L. 1111-8-1 of the General Local Authorities Code and after consulting the Regional Employment, Training and Vocational Guidance Committee, the task of ensuring the complementarity and coordinating the action of the various players, in particular the local missions, the local multi-year plans for integration and employment, Cap Emploi and the employment centres, as well as implementing the…

The following may also participate in the public employment service: 1° Public or private bodies whose purpose is to provide services relating to the placement, integration, training and support of jobseekers; 1° bis Placement bodies specialising in the professional integration of disabled people, with an advisory opinion; 2° Organisations linked to the State by an agreement mentioned in article L. 5132-2, relating to the integration through economic activity of people…

Decrees in the Conseil d’Etat will determine the conditions for the application of this chapter, in particular the procedures for coordinating the actions of the State services, the institution mentioned in article L. 5312-1 and the body managing the unemployment insurance scheme in the absence of the multi-year agreement provided for in article L. 5311-5.