Subsection 2: Decision to award employability assistance.

Aid for professional integration under an initiative-employment contract may be granted to the following employers: 1° Employers mentioned in article L. 5422-13 and in 3° and 4° of article L. 5424-1 ; 2° Employers’ groups for integration and qualification mentioned in article L. 1253-1; 3° Sea fishing employers not covered by article L. 5422-13, 3° and 4° of article L. 5424-1 and article L. 1253-1.

The decision to award a new subsidy for professional integration is subject to a prior assessment of the support measures and measures aimed at the long-term integration of employees, carried out under a previous subsidised contract.

Individual employers are not eligible for assistance under an initiative-employment contract.

The duration of the aid for professional integration granted under the initiative-employment contract may not exceed the term of the employment contract. The aid may be extended for a total period of up to twenty-four months. The maximum duration for which aid for professional integration is granted may be waived, in accordance with the terms and conditions laid down by regulation, either when it concerns an employee aged fifty or…

The extension of the work integration grant and, if it is for a fixed term, of the employment contract for which the grant is awarded, is subject to an assessment of the actions carried out during the contract with a view to promoting the long-term integration of the employee.

Aid for professional integration may not be granted in the following cases: 1° When the establishment has made an economic redundancy in the six months preceding the date of recruitment; 2° Where the recruitment is to replace an employee who has been made redundant for a reason other than serious misconduct or gross negligence. If it appears that the recruitment has resulted in the dismissal of another employee, the decision…