Subject to more favourable contractual or collective bargaining provisions, an apprentice may not be paid less than an amount determined as a percentage of the minimum growth wage and varying according to the age of the apprentice and his/her progress through the training cycle(s) covered by the apprenticeship.
Overtime is paid in the same way as any other employee of the company.
A decree shall determine the amount of the salary provided for in Article L. 6222-27 and the conditions under which benefits in kind may be deducted from the salary.
It is forbidden to employ apprentices in work that is dangerous to their health or safety.
For certain vocational training courses listed exhaustively by decree and under the conditions laid down by that decree, the apprentice may carry out all the work that his training may require, under the employer’s responsibility. To this end, the employer must submit a declaration to the regional directorate for companies, competition, consumption, labour and employment. These provisions apply without prejudice to the powers of control exercised by the Labour Inspectorate…
When apprentices attend the training centre, they continue to be covered by the social security system for accidents at work and occupational illnesses to which they are subject as employees.
The implementing measures for this section are determined by decree in the Conseil d’Etat, in particular the conditions under which the apprentice may perform dangerous work and the specific safety training that must be provided by the apprentice training centre.
The apprentice is obliged to sit the tests for the diploma or qualification provided for in the apprenticeship contract.
The apprentice is entitled to an additional five working days’ leave to prepare directly for the tests. The apprentice must attend the special lessons given in the apprentice training centre if the agreement referred to in article L. 6232-1 provides for the organisation of such lessons. This leave, which entitles the apprentice to continued pay, takes place in the month preceding the tests. It is in addition to the paid…
A decree in the Conseil d’Etat shall determine the implementing measures for this section.
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