Section 3: Wages and working hours.

Unless there are more favourable collective bargaining or contractual provisions, an employee under the age of 26 who holds a professionalisation contract will receive remuneration calculated on the basis of the minimum growth wage for the duration of the fixed-term contract or the professionalisation stage of the open-ended contract. The amount of this remuneration may vary according to the age of the beneficiary and the level of his or her…

The holder of a professionalisation contract who is at least twenty-six years old receives, for the duration of the fixed-term contract or the professionalisation action under the open-ended contract, remuneration which may not be less than either the minimum growth wage or a percentage determined by decree of the minimum remuneration provided for by the provisions of the collective agreement of the branch to which the company belongs.

The employee’s working hours, including the time spent on training, may not exceed the weekly working hours applied in the company or the maximum daily working hours set by article L. 3121-18. They are entitled to a weekly rest period under the conditions laid down in this code and in I of article L. 714-1 of the French Rural and Maritime Fishing Code.