Paragraph 3: Status of permanent and temporary employees of the temporary employment agency.

To calculate the workforce of a temporary work agency, account is taken of : 1° The permanent employees of this company, determined in accordance with article L. 1111-2; 2° Temporary employees who have been linked to this company by assignment contracts for a total period of at least three months during the last calendar year.

For the application to temporary employees of the legal provisions which refer to a condition of seniority in the temporary employment undertaking, seniority is assessed by adding together the periods during which these employees have been linked to the temporary employment undertaking by assignment contracts.

For the purposes of applying the provisions of 1° of Article L. 6322-63, the minimum length of time temporary employees must have been with the temporary employment undertaking is determined by adding together the periods during which these employees were bound to their employer by assignment contracts.

Without prejudice to the principle of exclusivity provided for in Article L. 1251-2, periods spent by temporary employees on the following are treated as assignments: 1° To training courses, skills assessments or actions to validate acquired experience. These periods are carried out either on the employer’s initiative as part of the company’s training plan, apprenticeship contract or professionalisation contract, or on the employee’s initiative as part of a specific leave…

Rules specific to temporary work relating to staff representation are set out in Book III of Part Two. Rules specific to temporary work relating to employee profit-sharing are set out in Book III of Part Three.