Chapter III: Early termination, expiry of the term and renewal of the contract

A fixed-term employment contract terminates automatically on expiry of the term. When it is concluded in application of 6° of article L. 1242-2, it terminates when the purpose for which it was concluded is achieved, after a notice period of at least two months. However, this principle does not prevent the application of the provisions relating to the termination of fixed-term employment contracts: 1° Employees who are victims of an…

The suspension of a fixed-term employment contract does not prevent the expiry of the term.

When a fixed-term employment contract is concluded to replace an employee who is temporarily absent or whose employment contract has been suspended, or for a replacement carried out under 4° and 5° of Article L. 1242-2, the term of the contract initially set may be postponed until the day after the day on which the person replaced returns to work.

When, at the end of a fixed-term employment contract, the contractual employment relationship is not continued by an open-ended contract, the employee is entitled, by way of additional salary, to an end-of-contract indemnity intended to compensate for the precariousness of his situation. This indemnity is equal to 10% of the total gross remuneration paid to the employee. It is added to the total gross remuneration due to the employee. It…

With a view to improving vocational training for employees with fixed-term employment contracts, an extended branch collective agreement or agreement or a company or establishment agreement or agreement may also provide for the amount of the end-of-contract indemnity to be limited to 6%, provided that compensatory measures are offered to these employees, in particular in the form of preferential access to vocational training. In this case, the agreement or contract…

The end-of-contract indemnity is not due: 1° When the contract is concluded under 3° of article L. 1242-2 or article L. 1242-3, unless there are more favourable contractual provisions; 2° Where the contract is concluded with a young person for a period during their school or university holidays; 3° When the employee refuses to accept the conclusion of a permanent employment contract for the same or a similar job, with…