Chapter IV: Assisted employment contracts

The employment contract, combined with aid for professional integration granted under an employment support contract, is an employment contract under private law, either for a fixed term, concluded in application of article L. 1242-3, or for an indefinite term. It covers jobs designed to meet unmet collective needs. It may not be concluded to fill jobs in State services.

The duration of the employment support contract may not be less than six months, or three months in the case of persons who have been convicted of a criminal offence and whose sentence has been adjusted. The provisions relating to the maximum number of renewals, set out in articles L. 1243-13 and L. 1243-13-1, do not apply.

The employment contract, associated with the granting of aid for professional integration under an employment support contract, concluded for a fixed period, may be extended for a total period of up to twenty-four months, or five years for employees aged fifty and over who are experiencing particular difficulties that prevent their long-term integration into employment, and for people recognised as disabled workers. By way of derogation, this employment contract may…

The weekly working time of the holder of an employment support contract may not be less than twenty hours, except where the decision to award the aid provides for this in order to respond to the particularly serious difficulties of the person concerned. When the employment contract associated with the award of aid for professional integration granted under an employment support contract has been concluded for a fixed term with…

The holder of an employment support contract receives a salary at least equal to the amount of the minimum growth wage multiplied by the number of hours worked.

By way of derogation from the provisions relating to early termination of fixed-term employment contracts set out in article L. 1243-2, the employment support contract may be terminated early, at the employee’s initiative, when the purpose of the termination is to enable the employee: 1° To be taken on under an open-ended employment contract ; 2° To be taken on under a fixed-term employment contract of at least six months;…

A certificate of professional experience is drawn up by the employer and given to the employee at his/her request or at the latest one month before the end of the employment support contract.