Employment & Labor

#TRST2606684ADecree of 26 March 2026 extending an agreement on urgent measures for employment and vocational training in the leather goods industry

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

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🇬🇧 English

This French decree, published on 4 April 2026, makes mandatory the provisions of a collective agreement signed on 8 December 2025. The agreement introduces urgent measures to support employment and vocational training. It applies to all employers and employees in the national collective bargaining agreement for the leather goods, travel articles, hunting-saddlery, sheath-making, and leather bracelets industries (ID 2528). The measures cover two sub-sectors: maroquinerie (leather goods) and cuirs et peaux (leather and skins). The extension takes effect from the date of publication in the Official Journal and lasts for the remaining duration of the original agreement.

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Key Changes

  • Mandatory application of the 8 December 2025 agreement on urgent employment and training measures
  • Applies to all employers and employees under collective agreement No 2528
  • Covers two sectors: leather goods (maroquinerie) and leather & skins (cuirs et peaux)

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Obligations

What this law requires

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All employers in the leather goods, travel articles, hunting-saddlery, sheath-making, and leather bracelets industries (CCNT ID 2528) must implement the provisions of the collective agreement signed on 8 December 2025 concerning urgent employment and vocational training measures

All employers in the leather goods and leather/skins sectors covered by CCNT ID 2528
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All employees in the leather goods, travel articles, hunting-saddlery, sheath-making, and leather bracelets industries (CCNT ID 2528) are bound by the provisions of the collective agreement signed on 8 December 2025 concerning urgent employment and vocational training measures

All employees in the leather goods and leather/skins sectors covered by CCNT ID 2528
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Employers and employees must comply with the employment support measures contained in the 8 December 2025 agreement within the maroquinerie (leather goods) sub-sector

All employers and employees in the maroquinerie sub-sector
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Employers and employees must comply with the employment support measures contained in the 8 December 2025 agreement within the cuirs et peaux (leather and skins) sub-sector

All employers and employees in the cuirs et peaux sub-sector
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The decree and the mandatory agreement provisions take effect as of 4 April 2026 (date of publication in the Official Journal) and remain in force for the duration remaining under the original agreement terms

All employers and employees subject to the decree
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Affected Parties

Employers and employees in the leather goods, travel articles, hunting-saddlery, sheath-making and leather bracelet industriesCompanies in the maroquinerie sector+1 more…

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collective agreement,leather goods industry,employment measures