#TRST2610631AFrance Extends Minimum Pay and Travel Expense Rules for Intercompany Occupational Health Services
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This order makes two sector agreements mandatory for all employers and employees covered by France’s national collective agreement for intercompany occupational health services. The agreements set guaranteed annual minimum pay and update reimbursement rules for travel and meal expenses from 1 March 2026. Employers in this sector should check payroll and expense policies against the extended agreements. The order also makes clear that company-level agreements on travel and meal expenses may still apply instead of the sector agreement, even if they are less favorable, where French labor law allows that priority.
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Key Changes
- Extends guaranteed annual minimum pay rules to all covered employers and employees in the sector
- Extends updated travel and meal expense reimbursement rules from 1 March 2026
- Clarifies that company-level agreements on travel and meal expenses may take priority where French labor law allows
Obligations
What this law requires
Employers covered by the national collective agreement for intercompany occupational health services must apply the extended 19 February 2026 agreement on guaranteed annual minimum remuneration to all covered employees.
Employers covered by the sector collective agreement must apply the extended 19 February 2026 amendment updating reimbursement of travel expenses and meal expenses under the 2 October 2007 agreement, subject to the conditions of that amendment.
When applying travel and meal expense reimbursement rules, employers must account for any valid company-level agreement that prevails over the sector agreement under French Labour Code articles L.2253-1 to L.2253-3, including where the company-level terms are less favorable.