Subsection 1: Mobility leave

Mobility leave may be offered by the employer either as part of an agreement on the collective termination of employment concluded under the conditions set out in articles L. 1237-19 to L. 1237-19-8, or in companies that have concluded a collective agreement on job and skills management. The purpose of mobility leave is to encourage a return to stable employment through support measures, training and periods of work.

The working periods of the mobility leave may be completed within or outside the company that proposed the leave. They may take the form of either an open-ended employment contract or a fixed-term employment contract concluded in application of 1° ofarticle L. 1242-3 within a limit set by the collective agreement. In the latter case, the mobility leave is suspended and resumed at the end of the contract for the…

The collective agreement determines : 1° The duration of the mobility leave ; 2° The conditions that the employee must meet in order to benefit from it; 3° The terms and conditions for the employee’s acceptance of the employer’s proposal, including the conditions for expressing his written consent, and the commitments of the parties; 4° The organisation of the work periods, the conditions under which the leave is terminated and…

The amount of remuneration paid during the mobility leave period is at least equal to the amount of the allowance provided for in 3° ofarticle L. 5123-2. For the first twelve months of the leave, which may be extended to twenty-four months in the case of retraining, this remuneration is subject to the same social security regime as the allowance paid to the beneficiary of the redeployment leave provided for…

If the employee accepts the offer of mobility leave, the employment contract will be terminated by mutual agreement of the parties at the end of the leave. Employees benefiting from the protection mentioned in Chapter I of Title I of Book IV of Part Two may benefit from mobility leave. Notwithstanding the first paragraph of this article, amicable termination under the mobility leave scheme is subject to authorisation by the…

The administrative authority of the place where the company concerned by the agreement on forward-looking management of jobs and skills is established is informed by the employer of terminations under the mobility leave scheme in accordance with the conditions laid down by decree.