Employment & Labor

#TRST2606872AOrder of April 7, 2026, Extending an Agreement Related to the National Collective Agreement for Ground Staff in the Air Transport Sector

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

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🇬🇧 English

This regulation makes mandatory certain provisions of an agreement for all employers and employees under the national collective agreement for ground personnel in the air transport sector. Significant parts of the agreement, such as those governing the insurance scheme for non-management staff, must now be followed unless company agreements offer equal or better terms. Parts of the agreement are excluded where they conflict with social security laws. This impacts air transport companies and their non-managerial staff.

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Key Changes

  • Mandatory compliance with specific provisions of the agreement for air transport ground staff
  • Exclusion of provisions conflicting with social security laws
  • Companies must adjust non-management staff insurance coverage

Obligations

What this law requires

high

All employers and employees in the national collective agreement for air transport ground personnel must comply with the provisions of the December 22, 2025 agreement regarding the insurance scheme for non-managerial staff.

Air transport companies and their non-managerial employees
operational
high

Company-level agreements may only override branch agreement provisions if they provide equal or better guarantees to employees, in accordance with Article L. 2253-1 of the French Labor Code.

Air transport companies negotiating company-level agreements
operational
high

Article 5 of the agreement regarding insurance provider labeling and non-contributory benefit provisions must not be applied as it conflicts with Article L. 912-1 of the French Social Security Code.

Air transport companies and branch administrators
prohibition
high

The terms 'as well as the social fund' in Article 10 of the agreement must be excluded from implementation as they contravene Article L. 912-1 of the French Social Security Code.

Air transport companies and branch administrators
prohibition
medium

Branch agreements must not, outside of formal recommendation procedures, legally compel companies to join specific insurance providers, regardless of how the mutual pooling mechanism is named.

Branch agreement administrators and air transport sector representatives
prohibition

Affected Parties

Air transport companiesNon-management ground staff

Tags

air transport,employment law,collective agreement