Section 5: Voluntary secure mobility

In companies and groups of companies, within the meaning of article L. 2331-1, with at least three hundred employees, any employee with at least twenty-four months’ seniority, consecutive or otherwise, may, with the agreement of his employer, benefit from a period of secure voluntary mobility in order to work in another company, during which the performance of his employment contract is suspended. If the employer refuses the request for mobility…

The period of secure voluntary mobility is set out in an amendment to the employment contract, which sets out the purpose, duration, effective date and term of the mobility period, as well as the period within which the employee must inform the employer in writing of his or her decision not to return to the company. It also sets out the situations and procedures for the employee’s early return, which…

On his return to his original company, the employee is automatically reinstated in his previous job or in a similar job, with at least equivalent qualifications and remuneration, as well as maintaining his personal classification. They will benefit from the professional interview mentioned in I of article L. 6315-1.

If the employee chooses not to return to his original company during or at the end of the mobility period, his employment contract with his employer is terminated. This termination constitutes a resignation which is not subject to any notice period other than that provided for in the amendment mentioned in article L. 1222-13.

Every six months, the employer provides the Social and Economic Committee with a list of requests for a period of secure voluntary mobility and the outcome of these requests.