Section 2: Career transition project

I.-The employee submits a request for leave as part of a professional transition project to his employer in writing, no later than: 1° One hundred and twenty days before the start of the training course when the completion of the course entails a continuous interruption of work of at least six months; 2° Sixty days before the start of the training course when the completion of the course entails a…

I.-The employer may defer the granting of the career transition leave requested by an employee: 1° When it considers that the absence of the person concerned could have consequences prejudicial to the production and running of the company. Such a postponement is decided for a maximum period of nine months, after consulting the social and economic committee where this exists; 2° In order that: a) In an establishment with 100…

Requests for professional transition leave which cannot all be satisfied by the employer are considered in the following descending order of priority: 1° Requests which have already been submitted and which have been deferred; 2° Requests made by employees whose training course has had to be interrupted for legitimate reasons, after consulting the social and economic committee where it exists; 3° Requests made by employees with a level of qualification…

An employee who has benefited from a professional transition leave may not claim, in the same company, the benefit of a new professional transition leave before a period, expressed in months, equal to ten times the duration of the professional transition project previously carried out, expressed in months. This period may not be less than six months or more than six years.

I.-The beneficiary of the professional transition leave provides the employer with supporting documents, drawn up by the training organisation, proving his/her attendance at the training course at the end of each month and when he/she returns to work. An employee who, without legitimate reason, ceases to follow the training course, loses the benefit of the leave. II.-By way of derogation, in companies with less than fifty employees, the beneficiary of…

As part of an application for a professional transition project financed under the conditions mentioned inarticle L. 221-1-5 of the Social Security Code, the employer’s authorisation mentioned in article R. 6323-10 must be express and accompanied by an agreement relating to the co-financing mentioned in 3° of article D. 6323-9-2. The co-financing may be covered by the skills operator mentioned in article L. 6332-1 to which the company belongs.