Part One: Individual employment relations

The amount of the financial guarantee provided for in article L. 1254-26 which the freelance administration company must provide in respect of a given year is at least equal to 10% of the payroll for the previous year, but may not be less than 2 times the value of the annual social security ceiling for the year in question, set in application ofarticle D. 242-17 of the Social Security Code.

With the exception of articles R. 1251-12, R. 1251-18 and R. 1251-25 to R. 1251-29, the procedures for setting up and implementing the financial guarantee provided for in paragraph 2 of the single sub-section of section 3 of chapter I of title V of book II of the first part of the labour code (regulatory part) are applicable to employee portage companies with the following adaptations: 1° The words “entrepreneur…

The prior declaration of a freelance administration business provided for in Article L. 1254-27 must include the following information: 1° An indication of the planned operation: creation of a freelance administration business, opening of a branch, agency or sub-office, relocation of the registered office or cessation of activity; 2° The name, registered office and legal status of the company and, where applicable, the location of the branch, agency or branch…

The prior declaration is dated and signed by the legal representative of the freelance administration company. Two copies must be sent by registered post with acknowledgement of receipt to the Labour Inspectorate responsible for the company’s head office. It is sent under the same conditions to the Labour Inspectorate responsible for the branch, agency or sub-office that is due to open. The freelance administration company shall inform the Labour Inspectorate…

The Labour Inspectorate monitoring officer, after checking that the prior declaration complies with the obligations set out in articles R. 1254-2 and R. 1254-3, returns a stamped copy to the sender within fifteen days of receipt. The company, branch, agency or sub-office may not commence operations before receipt of the document referred to in the first paragraph or the expiry of the period provided for in that paragraph.