Vocational training leave in the territorial public service (FPT)

Verified 15 March 2024 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

You are a territorial agent and want to deepen your training to carry out a personal or professional project? For this, you can benefit, under certain conditions, from a vocational training leave (CFP). It involves asking your administration for permission to leave. In principle, the duration of this leave is a maximum of 3 years for the entire career. Time spent in the PSC is considered as duty time. We'll lay out the rules for you.

The situation differs depending on whether you are a public servant or a contractor.

Official

You can benefit from the vocational training leave if you have completed at least 3 years of service civil service staff.

You have priority access to vocational training leave if you:

  • You belong to a body category C and you don't have the bachelor's degree
  • You have a disability and you are entitled to theobligation to employ
  • It is established, after consulting the occupational doctor, that you are particularly exposed, in view of your individual professional situation, to a risk of professional wear and tear

FYI  

You cannot get a vocational training leave within 12 months of the end:

  • preparatory action for competitions and professional examinations in the public service
  • or vocational training leave.

However, if any of these actions were interrupted because of operational requirements, this rule does not apply.

You must submit your request for leave at least 90 days (3 months) before the training start date.

Your request must specify the following information:

  • Date training begins
  • Nature of training
  • Duration of training
  • Name of training organization

Within 30 days of receiving the application, your community will notify you of its agreement, the reasons for its rejection or the postponement of your application.

Please note

If your community employs less than 50 agents on a full-time basis, she may be reimbursed by the management center for all or part of the amount of the allowances paid to you during the training leave.

In this case, within 30 days of receiving your application, your community may inform you that its agreement is conditional on the reimbursement of your allowances by the management center.

It then has a further 30 days to inform you of its agreement.

The duration of the vocational training leave shall be 3 years maximum for the whole career.

This maximum duration is 5 years if any of the following apply to you :

  • You belong to a body category C and you don't have the bachelor's degree
  • You have a disability and you are entitled to the obligation to employ
  • It is established, after consulting the occupational doctor, that you are particularly exposed, in view of your individual professional situation, to a risk of professional wear and tear

Leave can be used all at once or distributed throughout the career in traineeships which may be divided into:

  • Weeks
  • Days
  • Or half a day

The rules on remuneration differ depending on whether or not you are a priority for vocational training leave.

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General case

You receive a lump sum monthly allowance from your employer's administration during the 1re year off.

Subsequent years of leave are unpaid.

The monthly allowance is equal to 85% your gross index salary and the residence allowance received at the time of your leave.

However, this monthly allowance may not exceed €2,778.62 gross per month.

You have priority access to vocational training leave

If you have priority access to vocational training leave, you receive a lump sum monthly allowance during the First 2 years off.

The years leave of absence are not paid.

During 1re in the year of leave, the monthly allowance is equal to the gross index salary and the residence allowance received at the time of your leave.

The seconde in the year of leave, the monthly allowance is equal to 85% your gross index salary and the residence allowance received at the time of your leave.

However, this monthly allowance may not exceed €2,778.62 gross per month.

At the end of each month and when you return to work, you must give your employer administration a attestation of attendance in formation issued by the training organization.

Warning  

In the event of absence without good reason, your leave is terminated and you must reimburse the allowances received.

The effects of Vocational Leave on your career occur during and after Vocational Leave.

During your vocational training leave

Time spent on vocational training leave shall be considered as duty time.

During your vocational training leave, you keep your annual leave entitlements : you can take them during your vocational training leave (example: during school holidays). In this case, your vocational training leave is suspended during the annual leave periods.

In case of sickness or maternity, training leave is also suspended and you are paid according to the usual rules applicable during such leave.

Time spent on vocational training leave is taken into account for retirement.

After Vocational Training Leave

At the end of your training leave, you must work in the public service for a period of time equal to 3 times the period during which you received compensation.

If you are in one of the following situations, you must work in the public service up to 36 months :

  • You belong to a body category C and you don't have the bachelor's degree
  • You have a disability and you are entitled to the obligation to employ
  • It is established, after consulting the occupational doctor, that you are particularly exposed, in view of your individual professional situation, to a risk of professional wear and tear

You may be exempted from this requirement to remain employed in the public service by your employer's administration.

If you are not exempt from this duty to serve and you leave the public service before the end of your engagement, you must reimburse the allowances received in proportion to the time not worked.

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You are an agent in category A +

You have to go to the NCTF.

Other situation

People should contact their employer community or the departmental (or interdepartmental) management center.

Contractual

You can benefit from the vocational training leave if you meet the following 2 cumulative conditions:

  • You have 3 years or the equivalent of 3 years of actual service, consecutive or otherwise, in the public service
  • During those three years, you have 12 months, consecutive or not, in the community you are applying for the leave

You have priority access to vocational training leave if you:

  • You belong to a body category C and you don't have the bachelor's degree
  • You have a disability and you are entitled to theobligation to employ
  • It is established, after consulting the occupational doctor, that you are particularly exposed, in view of your individual professional situation, to a risk of professional wear and tear

FYI  

You can't get a vocational leave within 12 months of the end

  • preparatory action for competitions and professional examinations in the public service
  • or vocational training leave.

However, if any of these actions were interrupted because of operational requirements, this rule does not apply.

You must submit your request for leave at least 90 days (3 months) before the training start date.

Your request must specify the following information:

  • Date training begins
  • Nature of training
  • Duration of training
  • Name of training organization

Within 30 days of receiving the application, your community will notify you of its agreement, the reasons for its rejection or the postponement of your application.

The duration of the vocational training leave shall be 3 years maximum for the whole career.

This maximum duration is 5 years if any of the following apply to you :

  • You belong to a body category C and you don't have the bachelor's degree
  • You have a disability and you are entitled to the obligation to employ
  • It is established, after consulting the occupational doctor, that you are particularly exposed, in view of your individual professional situation, to a risk of professional wear and tear

Leave can be used all at once or distributed throughout the career in traineeships which may be divided into:

  • Weeks
  • Days
  • Or half a day

The rules on remuneration differ depending on whether or not you are a priority for vocational training leave.

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General case

You receive a lump sum monthly allowance from your employer's administration during the 1re year off.

Subsequent years of leave are unpaid.

The monthly allowance is equal to 85% your gross index salary and the residence allowance received at the time of your leave.

However, this monthly allowance may not exceed €2,778.62 gross per month.

You have priority access to vocational training leave

If you have priority access to vocational training leave, you receive a lump sum monthly allowance during the First 2 years off.

The years leave of absence are not paid.

During 1re in the year of leave, the monthly allowance is equal to the gross index salary and the residence allowance received at the time of your leave.

The seconde in the year of leave, the monthly allowance is equal to 85% your gross index salary and the residence allowance received at the time of your leave.

However, this monthly allowance may not exceed €2,778.62 gross per month.

At the end of each month and when you return to work, you must give your employer administration a attestation of attendance in formation issued by the training organization.

Warning  

In the event of absence without good reason, your leave is terminated and you must reimburse the allowances received.

The effects of Vocational Leave on your career occur during and after Vocational Leave.

Time spent on vocational training leave shall be considered as working time and shall therefore be taken into account for the calculation of seniority-related entitlements and benefits.

The time spent on vocational training leave is taken into account for retirement.

During your vocational training leave

Time spent on vocational training leave shall be considered as duty time.

During your vocational training leave, you keep your annual leave entitlements : you can take them during your vocational training leave (example: during school holidays). In this case, your vocational training leave is suspended during the annual leave periods.

In case of sickness or maternity, training leave is also suspended and you are paid according to the usual rules applicable during such leave.

Time spent on vocational training leave is taken into account for retirement.

After Vocational Training Leave

At the end of your training leave, you must work in the public service for a period of time equal to 3 times the period during which you received compensation.

You may be exempted from this requirement to remain employed in the public service by your employer's administration.

If you are not exempt from this duty to serve and you leave the public service before the end of your engagement, you must reimburse the allowances received in proportion to the time not worked.

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You are an agent in category A +

You have to go to the NCTF.

Other situation

People should contact their employer community or the departmental (or interdepartmental) management center.