Book III: Continuing vocational training

Employees under the age of twenty-six who are holders of a professionalisation contract receive a minimum wage for the duration of the fixed-term employment contract or the professionalisation action under the open-ended employment contract, calculated on the basis of their age and level of training.

The salary may not be less than 55% of the minimum growth wage for beneficiaries aged under twenty-one and 70% of the minimum growth wage for beneficiaries aged twenty-one and over. These salaries may not be less than 65% or 80% of the minimum growth wage, respectively, if the beneficiary has a qualification at least equal to that of a vocational baccalaureate or a professional qualification or diploma of the…

The amounts of remuneration provided for in Article D. 6325-15 are calculated from the first day of the month following the day on which the contract holder reaches the age indicated.

Except where a lower rate is provided for by a collective agreement or contract, the benefits in kind received by the holder of the professionalisation contract may be deducted from salary up to a limit of 75% of the deduction authorised for other employees by the applicable social security regulations. These deductions may not exceed, each month, an amount equal to three quarters of the salary.

The remuneration of the holder of a professionalisation contract aged at least 26, as provided for in article L. 6325-9, may not be less than 85% of the minimum remuneration provided for by the provisions of the collective agreement of the branch to which the company belongs.