French Labour Code
In forceThe three-yearly negotiations on vocational training and apprenticeship cover in particular :
1° The nature of training initiatives and their order of priority;
2° The recognition of qualifications acquired as a result of training initiatives or the validation of acquired experience;
3° The resources granted to trade union delegates and members of social and economic committees for the performance of their duties in the area of training;
4° The conditions for the reception and integration of young people and adults in companies, particularly in the context of professionalisation contracts or periods;
5° The apprenticeship objectives, the priorities to be adopted in terms of sectors, levels and numbers of trainees, and the conditions for implementing apprenticeship contracts;
6° The training initiatives to be implemented for employees with the lowest levels of qualification and, in particular, those who have not mastered basic skills, notably to facilitate their professional development;
7° The definition and conditions of implementation of training initiatives with a view to ensuring equal access for women and men to vocational training, in particular by setting a target for increasing the rate of access for women to the various training schemes and the procedures for achieving this target;
8° The conditions of application, in companies which devote to the training of their employees an amount at least equal to the minimum legal obligation or that set by agreement or collective branch agreement relating to the participation of employers in the financing of continuing vocational training, of any financial clauses agreed between the employer and the employee prior to the undertaking of certain training actions and applicable in the event of resignation, the payments made under these clauses being allocated by the company to the financing of actions within the framework of the training plan ;
9° The search for appropriate responses to specific training problems in small and medium-sized businesses and, in particular, in those with fewer than ten employees;
10° The possible consequences of changes to the content and organisation of work and to working hours on training needs;
11° The consequences of European integration on training needs and actions;
12° The consequences on training needs and actions of the development of the economic and commercial activities of French companies abroad;
13° The procedures for application by companies of the provisions of any branch agreement resulting from these negotiations;
14° The conditions for setting up a forward-looking observatory for trades and qualifications and for the examination by the National Joint Employment Commission of quantitative and qualitative changes in jobs and professional qualifications;
15° The definition of training objectives and priorities to be taken into account by companies as part of the training plan and the personal training account;
16° The definition and conditions of implementation of training actions, their monitoring and evaluation, with a view to ensuring professional equality, maintaining employment and developing the skills of disabled workers, in particular by setting a target for increasing the rate of access of disabled workers to the various training schemes and the procedures for achieving this target;
17° The definition and conditions for the implementation of optional economic training initiatives with a view to gaining a better understanding of the company's management and objectives in the context of international competition;
18° The training initiatives implemented to ensure the adaptation of employees to changes in their jobs, the development of their skills as well as the forward-looking management of jobs in companies in the sector, taking into account foreseeable changes in its professions;
19° The conditions under which employees benefit from the professional interview devoted to their career development prospects provided for in Article L. 6315-1, as well as the follow-up given to this interview.
