Employment & Labor

#TRST2611989VNotice on extending HVAC, refrigeration and related services collective agreement amendments

🇫🇷France··Other·Medium Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

Starts the process to make three March 2026 amendments to the sector collective agreement mandatory for all employers and employees in the covered HVAC, thermal, refrigeration and related installation, maintenance and repair businesses in France. The amendments concern the sector health insurance scheme, minimum wages and the seniority bonus. Interested parties have 15 days to send comments to the Ministry of Labour. Representative employer organizations have one month to file a written, reasoned objection. Companies in the sector should monitor whether the final extension order is issued and check whether payroll, seniority bonus rules and health coverage will need updates.

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Key Changes

  • Opens a government process to extend three March 2026 amendments to the sector collective agreement
  • The amendments cover the professional health scheme, minimum wages and the seniority bonus
  • Sets a 15-day comment period and a one-month objection window for representative employer organizations

Obligations

What this law requires

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Any organization or interested person wishing to comment on the proposed extension of the three amendments must send its observations and opinions to the Ministry of Labour and Solidarity, DGT, bureau DS1, 14 avenue Duquesne, 75350 Paris SP 07.

interested organizationsinterested persons
Within 15 days of the notice
reporting
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Representative employer professional organizations that wish to oppose the extension must submit a written and reasoned objection, notified and filed in accordance with Labour Code articles L. 2231-5 and L. 2231-6.

representative employer professional organizations at the level of the amendments
Within one month of the notice
reporting

Affected Parties

Employers in HVAC, thermal, refrigeration and related installation, maintenance and repair servicesEmployees covered by the sector collective agreement+1 more…

Tags

collective agreement,minimum wages,health insurance