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Professionalisation contract
Definition
The professionalisation contract is aimed at all young people between the ages of 16 and 25 inclusive, and job seekers aged 26 years and over. It is a fixed-term or open-ended employment contract on an alternance basis comprising professionalisation action. Its objective is to allow employees to acquire a professional qualification and to promote their professional integration or reintegration.
The professionalisation component involves periods of work in a company and periods of training, lasting between 6 and 12 months in principle but which can be increased to 24 months by collective branch agreement. The duration of the training must represent at least 15% of the duration of the professionnalisation action in the contract.
Beneficiaries aged 16 to 25 inclusive are paid a percentage of the minimum wage (between 55% and 80%) according to their age and their level of training; other employees receive a wage which may not be less than the minimum wage, or than 85% of the minimum set by branch agreement. The contract entitles the employer to an exemption from employer social security contributions when the beneficiary is between 16 and 25 years of age, or when it is a job seeker aged 45 or over.
Note
The Professionalisation Contract was created by the Law of 4 May 2004 on Vocational Training. It replaced Qualification Contracts, Adaptation Contracts and Orientation Contracts.
