Chapter III: Health and safety bodies and committees

The resources of the Organisme Professionnel de Prévention du Bâtiment et des Travaux Publics include: 1° Subscriptions from member companies; 2° Exceptionally, remuneration for services rendered which, by their nature, size or duration, exceed the usual limits of the body’s activities; 3° Proceeds from the sale of productions and publications; 4° Financial income.

Contributions are made up of: 1° A fraction of the amount of wages paid to permanent employees by member companies, plus holiday pay for which a contribution is collected by the holiday pay funds set up in the building and public works sector; 2° A contribution in respect of temporary employees made available to these companies. This contribution is based on the product obtained by multiplying the number of hours…

Companies with a social and economic committee may be allowed to contribute at a reduced rate by decision of the regional prevention committee to which they belong, taking into account their results in terms of prevention as shown, in particular, by the documents mentioned in article L. 4612-16.

An order of the Minister of Labour, issued after consultation with the council of the national committee of the Organisme Professionnel de Prévention du Bâtiment et des Travaux Publics, sets the full rate and the reduced rate of contributions. It sets the reference salary for the contribution due in respect of the employment of temporary employees, as well as the rates applicable thereto.

The contributions are collected by the paid holiday funds set up in the branch of activity, under the same conditions as paid holiday contributions. The contribution is collected per calendar quarter on the basis of hours worked during the quarter preceding the date of collection. The amount of the collection and fund management costs is set by agreement between the national committee and the funds concerned.

The amount of contributions collected is paid to the Union des caisses de France – Congés intempéries BTP and credited to the Organisme professionnel de prévention du bâtiment et des travaux publics.