Title IV: Vocational training trainees

When the remuneration of trainees is determined by decree pursuant to articles L. 6341-7 and L. 6341-8, the advance payment may be made by the organisation or establishment mentioned in article R. 6341-39, before the trainee is notified of the decision provided for in article R. 6341-36.

The liquidation and payment of sums due to trainees at the end of a training period by way of balance of remuneration and, where applicable, compensation for paid leave, are carried out under the same conditions as the liquidation and payment of remuneration.

By way of derogation from the provisions of articles R. 6341-39 to R. 6341-42, the payment of remuneration payable by the State may be made by the training establishments or centres when they are subject to the administrative and financial control of the State. Agreements between these bodies, the Minister for the Economy and Finance and the Minister concerned set out the terms and conditions for the application of this…

The fraction of the remuneration to be reimbursed to the employer who maintains the salary of employees on approved training courses and the social security contributions relating to this fraction are settled, pursuant to 1° of article L. 6341-2, at the employer’s request, by : 1° The prefect of the department in which the training course is to take place ; 2° The President of the Regional Council ; 3°…

Remuneration paid to trainees and remuneration reimbursed to employers as well as, where applicable, sums paid in respect of social security contributions relating to such remuneration, are subject to deductions proportional to the duration of unjustified absences from training sessions.

Unjustified failures to comply with the attendance requirement determined under the conditions set out in 2° of article R. 6341-13 and unjustified absences from training sessions at the centre, in the case of open courses, are subject to the proportional deductions set out in article R. 6341-45. Unjustified absences from centre-based educational assessment sessions give rise to the repayment of the remuneration received since the last session, or to the…

If the trainee abandons the placement without legitimate reason or is dismissed for gross misconduct, the remuneration received by the trainee and the remuneration that has been reimbursed to the employer as well as, where applicable, the sums paid in respect of social security contributions relating to this remuneration are repaid in full to the State or, as the case may be, to the region.

Recovery of sums unduly paid is carried out, depending on the case, either by the Prefect when repayment has not been obtained by the body entrusted with the management of the remuneration, or by the Agence de services et de paiement, or by the President of the Regional Council. Exceptionally, a partial or total remission of debt may be granted, depending on the case, by the Prefect, the Agence de…