Is an employee receiving training outside working time paid?
Verified 03 September 2024 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
No, training performed by a private sector employee outside working time (RTT, annual leave, parental leave, without pay...) is not remunerated. However, in some cases, financial compensation for childcare is possible.
The training initiative is the responsibility of the employee or the employer. The conversion or promotion by alternation (Pro-A) may fall under 2.
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At the initiative of the employee
When an employee uses his personal training account (PTA) or requests a Career Transition Project (TPP) to train outside working time, it does not collect no remuneration.
At the initiative of the employer
The employee is not paid during non-working time training.
In principle, such training shall take place within the framework of the skills development plan.
This may be training followed within the framework of training actions determined by collective company or branch agreement.
L'collective agreement may also provide for compensatory payments to offset any child-care costs.
The employee's consent is required for such non-working time training.
As part of Pro-A
Non-working time training in the framework of the conversion or promotion by alternation (Pro-A) is not paid.
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