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Chapter I: Aid for adapting employees to changes in jobs and skills and for age management

Article D5121-1 of the French Labour Code

The agreements on support for the development of employment and skills referred to in Article L. 5121-1 determine in particular: 1° The scope of the agreement: professional branches or territories; 2° The purpose of the agreement: prospective study, sectoral or territorial diagnosis, skills development actions; 3° The duration of application of the agreement; 4° The objectives to be achieved at the end of the implementation of the agreement with regard,…

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Article D5121-2 of the French Labour Code

Agreements concluded at national level are subject to the opinion of the Commission nationale de la négociation collective, de l’emploi et de la formation professionnelle (National Commission for Collective Bargaining, Employment and Vocational Training) and signed by the Minister for Employment. Agreements concluded at regional and local level are subject to the opinion of the regional committee for employment, training and vocational guidance and signed by the regional prefect.

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Article D5121-3 of the French Labour Code

These agreements specify, in particular, the terms and conditions for the participation of employee trade unions, which were consulted beforehand with a view to drawing them up, in the monitoring and evaluation of the operations provided for by these agreements.

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Article D5121-4 of the French Labour Code

The forward-looking jobs and skills management plan provided for in article L. 5121-3 includes, in particular, training initiatives designed to ensure that employees can adapt to changes in their jobs or initiatives to promote professional equality between men and women, in particular through measures to improve the balance between professional activity and personal and family life.

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Article D5121-7 of the French Labour Code

Under an agreement signed with a single company with no more than three hundred employees, the State’s financial contribution is a maximum of 15,000 euros. The agreement is signed by the Prefect. Under an agreement concluded with several companies, the State’s financial contribution is a maximum of 12,500 euros per company. The agreement is signed by the regional prefect when the head offices of the signatory companies are located in…

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Article D5121-8 of the French Labour Code

In its application, sent to the competent administrative authority, the company specifies the reasons for its forward-looking management approach with regard to, in particular: 1° Its work organisation; 2° The development of employees’ skills and the maintenance of their jobs; 3° Its age management; 4° The development of social dialogue; 5° Taking into account the principle of professional equality between men and women; 6° The prospects for improving the balance…

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Article D5121-10 of the French Labour Code

The State may enter into agreements with professional or inter-professional bodies or any body representing or leading a network of companies, with the aim of preparing companies for the challenges of forward-looking management of jobs and skills.

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