The employer pays the social and economic committee an annual operating subsidy equivalent to :
1° 0.20% of the gross payroll in companies with between fifty and less than two thousand employees ;
2° 0.22% of the gross payroll in companies with at least two thousand employees.
This amount is added to the subsidy for social and cultural activities, unless the employer already provides the committee with a sum or staff resources equivalent to 0.22% of the gross payroll.
The social and economic committee may decide, by deliberation, to devote part of its operating budget to financing training for the company’s trade union delegates and for local representatives, where such exist. It may also decide, by deliberation, to transfer part of the annual operating budget surplus to the financing of social and cultural activities, under the conditions and within the limits set by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.
This sum and the arrangements for its use are recorded in the annual accounts of the social and economic committee or, where applicable, in the documents referred to in article L. 2315-65 and in the report referred to in article L. 2315-69.
For the application of the provisions of this article, the gross wage bill is made up of all earnings and remuneration subject to social security contributions pursuant to the provisions of article L. 242-1 of the Social Security Code orarticle L. 741-10 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, with the exception of compensation paid on termination of an open-ended employment contract.
When the financing of expert appraisal costs is paid for by the employer in application of 3° of article L. 2315-80 of the present code, the social and economic committee may not decide to transfer surpluses from the operating budget to the financing of social and cultural activities during the following three years.