Chapter II: Integration through economic activity

A cooperation agreement may be signed between the intermediary association and one of the prescribers mentioned in Article L. 5132-3, defining in particular the conditions for recruiting, making available and training employees of the intermediary association. This cooperation agreement may also cover the organisation of the functions of receiving, monitoring and supporting employees. The agreement may implement experimental integration or reintegration measures.

Intermediary associations may make employees available to employers mentioned in article L. 2211-1 under the following conditions: 1° Secondment is only authorised for the performance of a specific and temporary task; 2° The total duration of secondments of the same employee may not exceed a period determined by decree, for a period of twenty-four months from the date of the first secondment. Under conditions defined by decree, the representative of…

Under no circumstances may a person made available by an intermediary association be employed to carry out particularly dangerous work that appears on a list drawn up by the administrative authority.

For secondments falling within the scope of article L. 5132-9, the employee’s remuneration, within the meaning of article L. 3221-3, may not be less than that which would be received by an employee with equivalent qualifications occupying the same job in the company, after a trial period. The employee of an intermediary association may be paid either on the basis of the number of hours actually worked at the user’s…

Intermediary associations may conclude fixed-term contracts with unemployed people experiencing particular social and professional difficulties, in application of article L. 1242-3. During the performance of these contracts, one or more agreements concluded pursuant to article L. 5135-4 may provide for a period of work experience with another employer under the conditions set out in chapter V of this title. The duration of these contracts may not be less than four…

Employees of intermediary associations are entitled to continuing vocational training: 1° Either on the employer’s initiative, as part of the association’s training plan or work-linked training schemes ; 2° Or at the employee’s initiative, as part of the specific leave referred to in article L. 6323-17-1 or skills assessment leave.

Where the activity of the intermediary association is carried out under the conditions of this sub-section, the following shall not apply: 1° Sanctions relating to temporary work, as provided for in articles L. 1255-1 to L. 1255-12; 2° Sanctions relating to bargaining, as provided for in articles L. 8234-1 and L. 8234-2 ; 3° Sanctions relating to the illegal loan of labour, as provided for in Articles L. 8243-1 and…

Intermediary associations may enter into open-ended contracts with people aged at least fifty-seven who are experiencing particular social and professional difficulties, in accordance with procedures defined by decree.