Conditions of employment of a contractor in the public service

Verified 01 October 2024 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

You're a public service contractor and you're wondering about your contract, your pay, your leave entitlements, etc. ?

We present you the relevant information according to your public service of origin (State - FPE, territorial - FPT, hospital - FPH).

All job offers are published on the website Choosing the public service.

It states that the job in question is open to contract workers.

The vacancy notice or job creation notice shall be accompanied by a job card which shall include, in particular, following information :

Missions of the post
Qualifications required to perform the duties
Expected Skills
Operating conditions and, where applicable, subjects job-related particulars
Legal basis for opening up employment to a contractor.

The job card also lists the documents needed to apply and the application deadline.

The deadline for applications may not be less than 1 month from date of publication the vacancy notice or job creation notice.

The administration shall acknowledge receipt of each application.

Shortlisted candidates shall be invited to one or more recruitment interviews.

The recruitment interview(s) shall be conducted by one or more persons from the recruiting administration.

For the organization of the interview(s), the administration may use the videoconference. In this case, the job offer shall indicate whether the use of videoconferencing may be requested:

Or, only by candidates residing in a French overseas territory or abroad, with a disability, in a pregnancy situation or whose state of health so requires
Either by any candidate.

If you express the wish to use videoconferencing, the recruiting administration will inform you of the material conditions for organizing the interview.

Information about the ethics of the public official is given to you during the interview.

The administration shall decide on the follow-up to the recruitment procedure.

It shall inform unsuccessful candidates by any appropriate means of the decision rejecting their application.

You are recruited by written contract.

Your contract includes the following information :

Legislative provision and, if applicable, paragraph, under which you are recruited
Identity of the parties
Your address and the address of your employer authority
Contract Start Date and Duration
Position occupied and hierarchical category to which he reports
Place(s) where the duties are performed or, if you do not have a fixed or principal place of business, an indication that the duties are performed in more than one place and, where the duties are performed abroad, the State(s) in which they are performed
Amount of your remuneration, components, periodicity, conditions of payment
Your rights and obligations
Conditions of employment (working time, special subjects...)
Where applicable, rights and obligations specific to the job.

Your contract also includes a precise definition of the reason for recruitment, where it is concluded on any of the following grounds :

Temporary replacement of absent agent
Temporary vacancy
Temporary or seasonal increase in activities.

If you are recruited to fill a temporary vacancy pending the recruitment of an official, the exact job description is attached to your contract.

Your work certificates issued by previous state administrations are attached to your contract.

If you are recruited on a project contract, your contract must contain the following additional clauses:

Description of the project or operation
Definition of tasks to be performed
A precise description of the objective event or result that will determine the termination of the contract and the conditions for evaluating and monitoring that result
Potential for early disruption by your employer community
Right to payment of compensation for early termination of the contract.

Your employer authority will provide you with essential information and rules relating to the performance of your duties.

Your contract may include a trial period.

The duration of the trial period is determined by the administration within the following limits :

Up to 1 working day per week of contract duration up to a maximum of 3 weeks for a CSD: titleContent less than 6 months

Up to 1 working day per week of contract duration up to 1 month for a fixed term of less than 1 year
Up to 1 working day per week of contract duration up to 2 months for a fixed term of less than 2 years
Up to 1 working day per week of contract duration up to a maximum of 3 months for a CDD of 2 years or more
Up to 1 working day per week of contract duration up to a maximum of 4 months for a DTA: titleContent.

The trial period may be renewed 1 time for a maximum duration equal to its initial duration.

The duration of the trial period and the possibility of renewal shall be specified in the contract.

No notice is required when either party wishes to terminate the contract during or at the end of the trial period.

No probationary period can be provided if your contract is concluded or renewed by the same administration to perform the same functions or hold the same job as before.

Your remuneration is set by the administration.

In particular, it shall take into account the following:

The functions you occupy
The qualification required to exercise them
Your qualification
Your experience.

Your remuneration can take into account your professional and collective results of your service and evolve within your administration.

Your compensation consists of a index treatment, and possibly, a residence allowance, a family treatment supplement and bonuses and allowances.

If you are in DTA: titleContent, your remuneration is reassessed at least every 3 years, especially in view of the results of your professional interviews or the evolution of your functions.

Your remuneration is also reassessed at least every 3 years, if you are employed in CSD: titleContent with the same employer authority for the following reasons :

Lack of a body of government officials able to perform the functions you perform
Recruitment on the basis of the nature of the functions or the needs of the services (in particular to perform functions requiring specialized or new technical skills or in the absence of applications from State officials with the relevant professional expertise or experience)
Recruitment on a job not requiring statutory training leading to establishment in a body of State officials
Recruitment on an incomplete time job.

You must have completed the 3-year period on an ongoing basis.

If you are recruited on a project contract, your remuneration may be reassessed during the course of the contract, in particular in view of the results of your annual professional interview.

On presentation of a medical certificate, you are placed in sick leave.

In case of a serious condition requiring prolonged treatment and care, you are placed in leave of absence due to serious illness.

Accident at work In the event of an occupational illness or illness, you are granted leave for the entire period of incapacity for work until your recovery is complete or consolidation of your injury.

In case of pregnancy or adoption, you receive a maternity leave or of adoption or a leave of 3 days of birth or for adoption and a paternity and childcare leave.

Annual leave

You are entitled to a annual leave under the same conditions as an official.

At the end of a CDD, if you have not been able to take all or part of your annual leave, due to service requirements or for health reasons, you are entitled to a leave allowance.

The same applies in the case of resignation or dismissal, except in the case of dismissal for disciplinary misconduct.

The gross amount of the leave allowance shall be equal to 10^e of the total gross remuneration you received between 1^er January and December 31 of the current year.

Total gross remuneration includes all elements of remuneration: index salary, index salary supplement, bonuses and allowances, residence allowance, family salary supplement.

The amount of the leave allowance shall be proportional to the number of days of annual leave not taken.

The vacation pay may not be less than the amount of remuneration you would have received if you had taken your vacation.

It is subject to the same conditions contributions than your remuneration.

Leave for family reasons

If you are employed for more than a year, you are entitled, at your request, to unpaid leave for one of the following reasons :

Raising a child under the age of 12
Providing care to a dependent child, your spouse or partner of Civil partnerships: titleContent or to a ascendant following an accident or serious illness or a disability requiring the presence of a third person
Follow your spouse or partner of Civil partnerships: titleContent forced to move for professional reasons.

This leave shall be granted for a period of Maximum 3 years.

It may be renewed if the conditions for obtaining it are still fulfilled.

It is granted in a maximum period of 2 months from the receipt of your request.

However, in the case of leave to provide care to a loved one, the leave begins on the date of receipt of your request. in the case of an emergency related to the state of health of the injured, sick or disabled person.

You must request renewal of your leave or re-employment by registered letter with AR: titleContent, at least 3 months before the end of your leave.

In the absence of a request within this period, you are considered to be giving up your job.

The administration shall inform you without delay in writing of the consequences of your silence.

If you do not respond within 15 days, your contract is terminated automatically and without compensation at the end of the leave.

You can ask for the early termination of your leave by registered letter with AR: titleContent, at least 3 months in advance.

However, in the event of serious reasons, in particular in the event of a reduction in your household income, you can be re-employed as soon as the administration receives your request.

Whether you apply for early or scheduled reinstatement, you are reassigned to your previous job or to a similar job with equivalent pay.

Leave for personal reasons

If you are in DTA: titleContent, you can take unpaid leave for personal reasons if the service requirements allow it.

In order to be eligible for this leave, you must not have, during the 6 years preceding your application, been granted leave for the creation of a company or vocational leave at least 6 months.

Leave on personal grounds is granted for Maximum 5 years renewable, up to a maximum of 10 years for all contracts concluded in the State civil service.

You must send your request for leave to the administration by registered letter with AR: titleContent at least 2 months before the leave begins.

You must request renewal of your leave or re-employment by registered letter with AR: titleContent, at least 3 months before the end of your leave.

In the absence of a request within this period, you are considered to be giving up your job.

The administration shall inform you without delay in writing of the consequences of your silence.

If you do not respond within 15 days, your contract is terminated automatically and without compensation at the end of the leave.

You can ask for the early termination of your leave by registered letter with AR: titleContent, at least 3 months in advance.

However, in the event of serious reasons, in particular in the event of a reduction in your household income, you can be re-employed as soon as the administration receives your request.

Whether you apply for early or scheduled reinstatement, you are reassigned to your previous job or to a similar job with equivalent pay.

Warning

If you are recruited on a project contract, you cannot take the leave for personal reasons.

Leave to Create a company

You can take unpaid leave to start or resume a company.

Such leave shall be granted subject to service requirements and the compatibility of the company’s planned activity with the functions performed in the previous 3 years.

The duration of this leave is one year renewable once.

You must send your request for leave to the administration at least 2 months before the start of the leave by registered letter with AR: titleContent.

It should indicate the start date and the desired amount of time off, and the nature of the activity for the company you plan to start or resume.

Leave may be granted for the creation or resumption of an economic, industrial, commercial, craft, agricultural or liberal activity, on an individual basis or as a business.

You must request renewal of your leave or re-employment by registered letter with AR: titleContent, at least 3 months before the end of your leave.

In the absence of a request within this period, you are considered to be giving up your job.

The administration shall inform you without delay in writing of the consequences of your silence.

If you do not respond within 15 days, your contract is terminated automatically and without compensation at the end of the leave.

You can ask for the early termination of your leave by registered letter with AR: titleContent, at least 3 months in advance.

However, in the event of serious reasons, in particular in the event of a reduction in your household income, you can be re-employed as soon as the administration receives your request.

Whether you apply for early or scheduled reinstatement, you are reassigned to your previous job or to a similar job with equivalent pay.

Warning

If you are recruited on a project contract, you are not eligible for company creation leave.

Competition Preparation Leave

You can take unpaid leave at your request if you are eligible to take a preparation for a competition for admission to the public service.

It can also be training for access to one of the following jobs:

Military employment
Employment as an officer of the parliamentary assemblies
Magistrate of the Judiciary
International civil service employment.

This leave may also be granted to follow a probationary period or a period of education prior to appointment to one of these positions.

Such leave shall be granted for the duration of the preparatory cycle, traineeship or schooling.

It shall be renewed automatically when those periods are extended.

If, at the end of the course, you are confirmed, your contract is automatically terminated without compensation or notice.

If you are not tenured or successful in the competition, you are re-employed on your previous job or on a similar job with equivalent pay.

If you are on fixed-term contracts, this re-employment applies for the remainder of your contract.

Warning

If you are recruited on a project contract or to deal with a temporary increase or seasonal activity, you are not eligible for this leave.

Other Vacations

You can benefit, possibly under seniority requirements and subject to service requirements, of the following leave:

Leave for union training
Vocational training leave
Leave for validation of experience (VAE)
Leave for skills assessment
Period of professionalization
Representation leave
Citizenship Leave
Training leave on hygiene, safety and working conditions of up to 5 days if you are a staff representative on the Social Committee
Parental Leave
Unpaid leave of up to 6 weeks to travel overseas or abroad to adopt one or more children
Family Solidarity Leave
Parental leave
Unpaid leave of up to 15 days per year for family reasons
Caregiver leave.

You can perform mobility, under certain conditions, through a mobility grant or a mobility leave.

Making available

If you are on a DTA, you can be made available with your approval.

Mobility leave

You can benefit from a mobility leave if you are on a permanent contract and if you are recruited by another public employer (general case) or if you are recruited on a state management job.

General case

If you are in DTA: titleContentHowever, you can apply for mobility leave if you are recruited by another public employer who cannot recruit you immediately on a permanent contract.

Such unpaid leave shall be granted if the service requirements allow it.

It is granted for Up to 3 years, renewable up to a maximum of 6 years in total.

You must apply for renewal of your leave or re-employment to your home administration by registered letter with AR: titleContent, at least 2 months before the end of your leave.

If you do not apply within this period, you are considered to have given up your employment and are not entitled to any compensation.

If you apply for re-employment, you are reassigned to your previous job or to a similar job with equivalent pay.

When, during or at the end of the maximum period of 6 years, you are offered a DTA by your host administration, you must resign from your home administration.

You can benefit from a new mobility leave provided that you return to your duties for at least 3 years.

Mobility on a State management job

You can apply for mobility leave if you are recruited into a government management position.

In this case, you may not be refused mobility leave.

Mobility leave can be granted to you whether you are on a permanent or permanent contract.

At the end of the leave or if you leave for non-disciplinary reasons, you are re-employed on your previous or equivalent job.

If you are on a fixed-term contract, this re-employment applies for the remaining contract period.

Please note

If you are recruited on a fixed term project contract, you cannot take mobility leave to work as a government official.

If you were recruited because of the nature of your duties or the needs of the services, your contract can only be renewed if you do not have an official with the desired profile.

Your contract can only be renewed by written decision of the administration.

If you have been recruited on a renewable contract, the administration must inform you of its decision whether or not to renew it in accordance with a advance notice period.

The lead time depends on the duration of your previous contract(s):

8 days when the duration of the previous contract is less than 6 months
1 month where the duration of the previous contract is equal to or greater than 6 months and less than 2 years
2 months where the duration of the previous contract is 2 years or more
3 months in the event of DTA: titleContent.

The decision to renew or not renew your contract must be preceded by an interview when your contract is renewable on a permanent contract or when the duration of your contract or of all your contracts on a permanent job is greater than or equal to 3 years.

To calculate the duration of the warning time, all your contracts (not just the last contract) are taken into account.

In case of interruption between 2 contracts, the 2 contracts are taken into account if the interruption did not exceed 4 months and if it is not due to your resignation.

The notice period is counted from date to date from the end of the contract.

You must give your answer within 8 calendar days.

If you refuse to renew your contract, you are considered to be involuntarily deprived of employment and entitled to unemployment benefits provided that your refusal is based on one of the following grounds:

Legitimate ground for personal considerations
Or substantial modification of your contract not justified by the administration.

In the absence of a decision by the administration at the end of a CSD: titleContent, your continued employment gives rise to a new CSD.

The term of this new contract is the term of the original contract or a term agreed between you and your administration.

Warning

If you are employed on a project contractHowever, the notice period is different.

At the end of your contract, the administration will issue you a certificate that contains only the following statements:

Date of your recruitment and termination date
Functions held, hierarchical category to which they belong and the duration of their performance
If applicable, periods of leave which do not constitute periods of actual work.

When the duration of your contract, including renewal, has not exceeded 1 year, you can benefit, under certain conditions, from a termination indemnity commonly called precarious allowance.

All job offers are published on the website Choosing the public service.

It states that the job in question is open to contract workers.

The vacancy notice or job creation notice shall be accompanied by a job card which shall contain, in particular, the following information:

Missions of the post
Qualifications required to perform the duties
Expected Skills
Operating conditions and, where applicable, subjects job-related particulars
Legal basis for opening up employment to a contractor.

The job card also lists the documents needed to apply and the application deadline.

The deadline for applications may not be less than 1 month from date of publication the vacancy notice or job creation notice.

The administration shall acknowledge receipt of each application.

Shortlisted candidates shall be invited to one or more recruitment interviews.

The recruitment interview(s) shall be conducted by one or more persons from the recruiting administration.

The administration may use videoconferencing to organize the interview(s). In this case, the job offer indicates whether the use of videoconferencing may be requested either by candidates residing in an overseas territory of France or abroad, or by any candidate who is disabled, pregnant or whose state of health so requires.

If you wish to use the videoconference, the recruiting administration shall inform you of the material conditions for organizing the interview.

Information about the ethics of the public official is given to you during the interview.

The administration shall decide on the follow-up to the recruitment procedure.

It shall inform unsuccessful candidates by any appropriate means of the decision rejecting their application.

You are recruited by written contract.

Your agreement contains the following information:

Legislative provision and, if applicable, paragraph, under which you are recruited
Identity of the parties
Your address and the address of your employer authority
Contract Start Date and Duration
Position occupied and hierarchical category to which he reports
Place(s) of work or, if you do not have a fixed or principal place, indication that the duties are performed at more than one place and, where the duties are performed abroad, indication of the State(s) in which they are performed
Amount of your remuneration, components, periodicity, conditions of payment.
Conditions of employment (working time, special subjects ...)
Your rights and obligations.

If your community has adopted a document summarizing all the service instructions applicable to contract agents, it is appended to your contract.

Your contract also includes a clear definition of the reason for recruitment, when it is concluded for one of the following reasons:

Temporary replacement of absent agent
Temporary vacancy
Temporary or seasonal increase in activities.

If you are recruited to fill a temporary vacancy pending the recruitment of an official, the exact job description is attached to your contract.

Your employment certificates issued by previous local authorities are attached to your contract.

If you are recruited on a project contract, your contract must contain the following additional clauses:

Project description and expected duration
Definition of the tasks to be performed for which the contract is concluded
A precise description of the objective event or result that will determine the termination of the contract and the conditions for evaluating and monitoring that result
Potential for early disruption by your employer community
Right to payment of compensation for early termination of the contract.

Your employer authority will provide you with essential information and rules relating to the performance of your duties.

Your contract may include a trial period.

The duration of the trial period is determined by the administration within the following limits :

Up to 1 working day per week of contract duration up to a maximum of 3 weeks for a CSD: titleContent less than 6 months

Up to 1 working day per week of contract duration up to 1 month for a fixed term of less than 1 year
Up to 1 working day per week of contract duration up to 2 months for a fixed term of less than 2 years
Up to 1 working day per week of contract duration up to a maximum of 3 months for a CDD of 2 years or more
Up to 1 working day per week of contract duration up to a maximum of 3 months for a DTA: titleContent.

The trial period may be renewed 1 time for a period not exceeding its initial duration.

The duration of the trial period and the possibility of renewal shall be specified in the contract.

No notice is required when either party wishes to terminate the contract during or at the end of the trial period.

No probationary period can be provided if your contract is entered into or renewed by the same community to perform the same duties or perform the same job as before.

Please note

If you are recruited on a managerial function, the trial period may be 6 months.

Your remuneration is set by the administration.

In particular, it shall take into account the following:

The functions you occupy
The qualification required to exercise them
Your qualification
Your experience

Your compensation can take into account your professional results and the collective results of your service.

It consists of a index treatment and possibly a residence allowance, a family treatment supplement and bonuses and allowances.

If you are in DTA: titleContent, your remuneration is reassessed at least every 3 years, especially in view of the results of your annual professional interviews or the evolution of your functions.

Your remuneration is also reassessed at least every 3 years, if you are employed in CSD: titleContent with the same community for the following reasons :

Lack of a cadre of public servants who can perform the functions you perform
Recruitment justified by the nature of the duties or the needs of the services
Recruitment on a job in a municipality of less than 1 000 inhabitants or in a group of municipalities of less than 15 000 inhabitants
Recruitment on a job in a new commune resulting from the merger of communes of less than 1,000 inhabitants, for 3 years after the creation of the new commune or up to 1^er renewal of municipal council
Recruitment on a non-full-time job with a working time of less than 17 hours 30
Recruitment on a job in a commune of less than 2,000 inhabitants or a grouping of communes of less than 10,000 inhabitants, the creation or removal of which depends on the decision of an authority which is binding on the collectivity

You must have completed the 3-year period on an ongoing basis.

If you are recruited on a project contract, your remuneration may be reassessed during the course of the contract, in particular in view of the results of the annual professional interview.

On presentation of a medical certificate, you are placed in sick leave.

In case of a serious condition requiring prolonged treatment and care, you can be placed in leave of absence due to serious illness.

In case of pregnancy or adoption, you receive a maternity leave or of adoption, or a leave of 3 days of birth or for adoption and a paternity and childcare leave.

Annual leave

You are entitled to a annual leave under the same conditions as civil servants.

At the end of a CDD, if you have not been able to take all or part of your annual leave, due to service requirements or for health reasons, you are entitled to a leave allowance.

The same applies in the case of resignation or dismissal, except in the case of dismissal for disciplinary misconduct.

The gross amount of the leave allowance shall be equal to 10^e of the total gross remuneration you received during your period of employment, between 1^er January and December 31 of the current year.

Total gross remuneration includes all elements of remuneration: index salary, index salary supplement, bonuses and allowances, residence allowance, family salary supplement.

The amount of the leave allowance shall be proportional to the number of days of annual leave not taken.

The vacation pay may not be less than the amount of remuneration you would have received if you had taken your vacation.

It is subject to the same conditions contributions than your remuneration.

Family leave

If you are employed for more than a year, you are entitled, at your request, to unpaid leave for one of the following reasons :

Raising a child under the age of 12
Providing care to a dependent child, your spouse or partner of Civil partnerships: titleContent or to a ascendant following an accident or serious illness or a disability requiring the presence of a third person
Follow your spouse or partner of Civil partnerships: titleContent forced to move for professional reasons.

This leave shall be granted for a period of Maximum 3 years.

It may be renewed if the conditions for obtaining it are still fulfilled.

It is granted in a maximum period of 2 months from the receipt of your request.

You must request renewal of your leave or reinstatement by registered letter with AR: titleContent, at least 3 months before the end of your leave.

If there is no request within this period, you are supposed to give up your job.

The administration informs you without delay by registered letter with AR: titleContent the consequences of your silence.

If you do not respond within 15 days, your contract is terminated automatically and without compensation at the end of your leave.

You can ask for the early termination of your leave by registered letter with AR: titleContent, at least 3 months in advance.

However, in the event of serious reasons, in particular in the event of a reduction in your household income, reintegration may take place as soon as the administration receives your request.

Whether you apply for early or scheduled reinstatement, you are reassigned to your previous job or to a similar job with equivalent pay.

Leave for personal reasons

If you are in DTA: titleContent, you can take unpaid leave for personal reasons if the service requirements allow it.

In order to be eligible for this leave, you must not have, during the 6 years preceding your application, been granted leave for the creation of a company or vocational leave at least 6 months.

Leave on personal grounds is granted for Maximum 5 years renewable, within 10 years for all your contracts in the public service.

The initial request for leave must be sent to the administration by registered letter with AR: titleContent at least 2 months before the leave begins.

You must request renewal of your leave or re-employment by registered letter with AR: titleContent, at least 3 months before the end of your leave.

If there is no request within this period, you are supposed to give up your job.

The administration informs you without delay by registered letter with AR: titleContent the consequences of your silence.

If you do not respond within 15 days, your contract is terminated automatically and without compensation at the end of your leave.

You can ask for the early termination of your leave by registered letter with AR: titleContent, at least 3 months in advance.

However, in the event of serious reasons, in particular in the event of a reduction in your household income, re-employment may take place as soon as the administration receives your request.

Whether you apply for early or scheduled re-employment, you are reassigned to your previous job or to a similar job with equivalent pay.

Leave to Create a company

You can take unpaid leave to start or resume a company.

Such leave shall be granted subject to service requirements and the compatibility of the company’s planned activity with the functions performed in the previous 3 years.

The duration of this leave shall beone year renewable once.

The request for leave must be addressed to the administration at least 2 months before the start of the leave by registered letter with AR: titleContent.

It should indicate the start date and the amount of time you want to take off, and the nature of the company activity you plan to start or resume.

Leave may be granted for the creation or resumption of an economic, industrial, commercial, craft, agricultural or liberal activity, on an individual basis or as a business.

You must request renewal of your leave or re-employment by registered letter with AR: titleContent, at least 3 months before the end of your leave.

If there is no request within this period, you are supposed to give up your job.

The administration informs you without delay by registered letter with AR: titleContent the consequences of your silence.

If you do not respond within 15 days, your contract is terminated automatically and without compensation at the end of your leave.

You can ask for the early termination of your leave by registered letter with AR: titleContent, at least 3 months in advance.

However, in the event of serious grounds, in particular in the event of a reduction in household income, re-employment may take place as soon as the administration receives your request.

Whether you apply for early or scheduled re-employment, you are reassigned to your previous job or to a similar job with equivalent pay.

Competition Preparation Leave

If you are recruited on a permanent post, you shall be granted unpaid leave at your request if you are entitled to take a preparation for a competition for admission to the public service.

It can also be training for access to one of the following jobs:

Military employment
Employment as an officer of the parliamentary assemblies
Magistrate of the Judiciary
International civil service employment.

This leave may also be granted to follow a probationary period or a period of education prior to appointment to one of these positions.

Such leave shall be granted for the duration of the preparatory cycle, traineeship or schooling.

It shall be renewed automatically when those periods are extended.

If, at the end of the course, you are tenured, your contract is automatically terminated without compensation or notice.

If you are not tenured, you are re-employed on your previous job or on a similar job with equivalent pay.

The same applies if you are not admitted to the competition at the end of the preparatory cycle.

If you are on a fixed-term contract, this re-employment applies for the remaining contract period.

Other Vacations

You can benefit, possibly under seniority requirements and subject to service requirements, of the following leave:

Leave for union training
Vocational training leave
Leave for validation of experience (VAE)
Leave for skills assessment
Representation leave
Parental Leave
Unpaid leave of up to 6 weeks to travel overseas or abroad for the adoption of one or more children
Family Solidarity Leave
Parental leave
Unpaid leave of up to 15 days per year for certain family events
Leave to carry out a period of activity in the operational reserve, the civil security reserve or the health reserve or to carry out functions of preparation and management of the cohesion stays of the national universal service
Leave to participate in the activities of youth and popular education organizations, federations and accredited sports associations
Caregiver leave.

If you are on a permanent contract, you can make a mobility, under certain conditions, by means of a secondment or a mobility leave.

Making available

If you are in DTA: titleContent, you can be made available with your approval.

Mobility leave

If you are in DTA: titleContentHowever, you can apply for mobility leave if you are recruited by another public employer who cannot initially recruit you on a permanent contract.

Such unpaid leave shall be granted, if the service requirements allow it, for Maximum 3 years renewable, up to 6 years total.

You must ask your home administration to renew your leave or re-use, by registered letter with AR: titleContent, at least 2 months before the end of your leave.

If there is no request within this period, you are supposed to give up your job and are not entitled to any compensation.

If you apply for re-employment, you are reassigned to your previous job or to a similar job with equivalent pay.

When, during or after the maximum period of 6 years, you are offered a DTA by your host administration that you accept, you must resign from your home community.

You can benefit from a new mobility leave provided that you have returned to your duties for at least 3 years.

When your recruitment is motivated by the nature of your duties or the needs of the services, renewal of your contract is only possible if there is no relevant official application.

Your contract can only be renewed by written decision administration.

If you have been recruited on a renewable contract, the administration must inform you of its decision whether or not to renew it in accordance with a advance notice period.

The notice period depends on the duration of the previous contract(s):

8 days when the duration of the previous contract is less than 6 months
1 month where the duration of the previous contract is equal to or greater than 6 months and less than 2 years
2 months where the duration of the previous contract is 2 years or more
3 months in case of a transfer to a DTA.

These durations are doubled, within the limit of 4 months if you have a disability and if you have previously informed your administration.

To calculate the duration of the warning time, all your contracts (not just your last contract) are taken into account.

And in case of interruption between 2 contracts, the 2 contracts are taken into account if the interruption did not exceed 4 months and if it is not due to your resignation.

The notice period is counted from date to date from the end of your contract.

You must give your answer within 8 calendar days. In the absence of a reply within that period, the local authority shall inform the official of the consequences of his silence. In case

If you refuse to renew your contract, you are considered to be involuntarily unemployed and entitled to unemployment benefits provided that your refusal is based on one of the following grounds:

Legitimate ground for personal considerations
Or substantial modification of your contract not justified by the administration.

The absence of a decision by the administration at the end of a CSD: titleContent and your continued service creates a new CSD.

The term of this new contract is the term of your original contract or a term agreed between you and your administration.

Warning

If you are employed on a project contractHowever, the notice period is different.

At the end of your contract, the administration will issue you a certificate that contains only the following statements:

Date of your recruitment and termination date
Functions held, hierarchical category to which they belong and the duration of their performance
If applicable, periods of leave which do not constitute periods of actual work.

When the duration of your contract, including renewal, has not exceeded 1 year, you can benefit, under certain conditions, from a termination indemnity commonly called precarious allowance.

All job offers are published on the website Choosing the public service.

It states that the job in question is open to contract workers.

The vacancy notice or job creation notice shall be accompanied by a job card which shall include, in particular, following information :

Missions of the post
Qualifications required to perform the duties
Expected Skills
Operating conditions and, where applicable, subjects job-related particulars
Legal basis for opening up employment to a contractor.

The job card also lists the documents needed to apply and the application deadline.

The deadline to apply cannot be less than 1 month from the date of publication the vacancy notice or job creation notice.

The administration shall acknowledge receipt of each application.

Shortlisted candidates shall be invited to one or more recruitment interviews.

The recruitment interview(s) shall be conducted by one or more persons from the recruiting administration.

If you express the wish to use videoconferencing, the recruiting administration will inform you of the material conditions for organizing the interview.

Information about the ethics of the public official is given to you during the interview.

The administration shall decide on the follow-up to the recruitment procedure.

It shall inform unsuccessful candidates by any appropriate means of the decision rejecting their application.

You are recruited by written contract.

Your agreement contains the following information:

The legislative provision under which you are recruited
Identity of the parties
Your address and the address of your employer authority
Contract Start Date and Duration
Position occupied and hierarchical category to which he reports
Place(s) of work or, if you do not have a fixed or principal place, indication that the duties are performed at more than one place and, where the duties are performed abroad, indication of the State(s) in which they are performed
Amount of your remuneration, components, periodicity, conditions of payment.
Conditions of employment (working time, special subjects ...)
Your rights and obligations.

Your contract also includes a clear definition of the reason for recruitment, when it is concluded for one of the following reasons:

Temporary replacement of absent agent
Temporary vacancy
Temporary or seasonal increase in activities.

If you are recruited to fill a temporary vacancy pending the recruitment of an official, the exact job description is attached to your contract.

If you are recruited on a project contract, the contract must contain the following additional clauses:

Project description and expected duration of the project
Definition of the tasks to be performed for which the contract is concluded
A precise description of the objective event or result that will determine the termination of the contract and the conditions for evaluating and monitoring that result
Possibility of early termination by the employer
Right to payment of compensation for early termination of the contract.

Your employer authority will provide you with essential information and rules relating to the performance of your duties.

Your contract may include a trial period.

The duration of the trial period shall be fixed by the administration within the following limits:

Up to 1 working day per week of contract duration up to a maximum of 3 weeks for a CSD: titleContent less than or equal to 6 months

Up to 1 working day per week of contract duration up to 1 month for a fixed term of up to 1 year
Up to 1 working day per week of contract duration up to a maximum of 2 months for a fixed term of up to 2 years
Up to 1 working day per week of contract duration up to a maximum of 3 months for a fixed term of more than 2 years
Up to 1 working day per week of contract duration up to a maximum of 4 months for a DTA: titleContent.

It can be renewed once for a maximum duration equal to its initial duration.

The duration of the trial period and the possibility of renewal shall be specified in the contract.

No notice is required if either party wishes to terminate the contract during or after the trial period.

No probationary period can be provided if your contract is concluded or renewed by the same institution to perform the same functions or perform the same job as before.

Your remuneration is set by the administration.

In particular, it shall take into account the following:

The functions you occupy
The qualification required to exercise them
Your qualification
Your experience.

It can take into account your professional results and the collective results of your service.

It consists of a index treatment and possibly a residence allowance, a family treatment supplement and bonuses and allowances.

Your remuneration is also reassessed at least every 3 years, if you are employed in CSD: titleContent with the same employer authority for the following reasons :

Recruitment justified by the nature of the duties or the needs of the services (in particular where there is no hospital staff able to perform the duties you perform or to perform duties newly taken over by the administration or requiring highly specialized technical knowledge)
Recruitment on an incomplete job of less than half-time duration
Temporary replacement of a part-time or off-duty hospital worker.

You must have completed the three-year period on a continuous basis.

If you are recruited on a project contract, your remuneration may be reassessed during the contract, especially in view of the results of the annual professional interview.

On presentation of a medical certificate, you are placed in sick leave.

In case of a serious condition requiring prolonged treatment and care, you can be placed in leave of absence due to serious illness.

In case of pregnancy or adoption, you receive a maternity leave or of adoption or a leave of 3 days of birth or for adoption and a paternity and childcare leave.

Annual leave

You are entitled to a annual leave under the same conditions as civil servants.

At the end of a CDD, if you have not been able to take all or part of your annual leave, due to service requirements or for health reasons, you are entitled to leave compensation.

The same applies in the case of resignation or dismissal, except in the case of dismissal for disciplinary misconduct.

The gross amount of the leave allowance shall be equal to 10^e of the total gross remuneration you received during your period of employment, between 1^er January and December 31 of the current year.

Total gross remuneration includes all elements of remuneration: index salary, index salary supplement, bonuses and allowances, residence allowance, family salary supplement.

The amount of the leave allowance shall be proportional to the number of days of annual leave not taken.

The vacation pay may not be less than the amount of remuneration you would have received if you had taken your vacation.

It is subject to the same conditions contributions than your remuneration.

Family leave

If you are employed for more than a year, you are entitled, at your request, to unpaid leave for one of the following reasons:

Raising a child under the age of 12
Provide care to a dependent child, your spouse, your partner of Civil partnerships: titleContent or your partner, to a ascendant following an accident or serious illness or a disability requiring the presence of a third person
Follow your spouse, your partner of Civil partnerships: titleContent or your partner is forced to move for work reasons.

This leave shall be granted for a period of Maximum 3 years.

It may be renewed if the conditions for obtaining it are still fulfilled.

It is granted within a maximum of 2 months from the receipt of your request.

You must request renewal of your leave or reinstatement by registered letter with AR: titleContent, at least 3 months before the end of your leave.

If there is no request within this period, you are supposed to give up your job.

The administration will then inform you immediately in writing of the consequences of your silence.

If you do not respond within 15 days, your contract is terminated automatically and without compensation at the end of your leave.

You can ask for the early termination of your leave by registered letter with AR: titleContent, at least 3 months in advance.

However, in the event of serious reasons, in particular in the event of a reduction in your household income, reintegration may take place as soon as the administration receives your request.

Whether you apply for early or scheduled reinstatement, you are reassigned to your previous job.

If this is not possible, you are dismissed and have priority for re-employment in your institution to perform similar duties with equivalent remuneration.

Leave for personal reasons

If you are in DTA: titleContent, you can take unpaid leave for personal reasons if the service requirements allow it.

In order to be eligible for this leave, you must not have, during the 6 years preceding your application, been granted leave for the creation of a company or vocational leave at least 6 months.

Leave on personal grounds is granted for Maximum 5 years renewable, within 10 years for all your contracts in the public service.

The initial request for leave must be sent to the administration by registered letter with AR: titleContent at least 2 months before the start of the leave.

You must request renewal of your leave or re-employment by registered letter with AR: titleContent, at least 3 months before the end of your leave.

If there is no request within this period, you are supposed to give up your job.

The administration will then inform you immediately in writing of the consequences of your silence.

If you do not respond within 15 days, your contract is terminated automatically and without compensation at the end of your leave.

You can ask for the early termination of your leave by registered letter with AR: titleContent, at least 3 months in advance.

However, in the event of serious reasons, in particular in the event of a reduction in your household's income, your re-employment may take place as soon as the administration receives your request.

Whether you apply for early or scheduled re-employment, you are reassigned to your previous job.

If this is not possible, you are dismissed and have priority for re-employment in your institution to perform similar duties with equivalent remuneration.

Please note

If you are recruited on a project contract, you are not eligible for leave on personal grounds.

Leave to Create a company

You can take unpaid leave to start or resume a company.

Such leave shall be granted subject to service requirements and the compatibility of the company’s planned activity with the functions performed in the previous 3 years.

The duration of this leave shall be one year renewable once.

The request for leave must be addressed to the administration at least 2 months before the start of the leave by registered letter with AR: titleContent or hand delivery against signature.