#TRST2606693AExtension of the Urban Public Transport Sector Agreement on Employment Access, Apprenticeships, and Training
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The order makes a sector agreement on access to jobs, apprenticeships, work-study schemes, and vocational training mandatory across France’s urban public passenger transport networks. It applies to all employers and employees covered by the national collective agreement for urban public transport networks. Employers in the sector will need to apply the agreement, but several provisions are limited by existing labor law. These limits cover training leave, funding rules for training bodies, the legal purpose of apprenticeship contracts, conditions for hosting apprentices in other companies, and the minimum age rules for apprenticeships.
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Key Changes
- Makes the May 2025 sector agreement on employment access, apprenticeships, and vocational training mandatory for the urban public transport sector
- Confirms that training leave cannot reduce annual paid leave and counts as working time for paid leave calculations
- Limits some apprenticeship and training provisions to match existing labor law, including rules on apprentice age, hosting in other companies, and eligible qualifications
Obligations
What this law requires
Apply the 20 May 2025 sector agreement on access to employment, work-study arrangements, and vocational training to all employers and employees covered by the national collective agreement for urban public passenger transport networks.
Do not deduct time spent on economic, social, environmental, or union training leave from employees’ annual paid leave entitlement; treat that training leave as effective working time for calculating paid leave rights.
Ensure training funding arrangements respect the authority of the skills operator’s board of directors to decide how professional-section training priorities and reimbursement conditions are taken into account.
Do not use statutory training funds to finance employee trade unions or employer professional organisations, directly or indirectly, unless those organisations sit on the relevant governing bodies.
Use apprenticeship contracts only for general, theoretical, and practical training leading to a professional qualification certified by a diploma or professional title registered in the national register of professional certifications, not merely for a professional qualification certificate.