The employment reintegration contract is an employment measure that promotes the professional reintegration of the most vulnerable populations into the labour market.
This contract, which alternates practical and theoretical training, enables :
- employers to pass on their experience and give a real job perspective to older jobseekers or employees with a disability or reduced work capability
- jobseekers to put their capabilities to use in a meaningful way, while acquiring new skills.
ADEM can offer the possibility of an employment reintegration contract to a jobseeker and a private employer, provided that the latter can offer a real prospect of employment at the end of the RCE.
Eligible beneficiaries
The employment reintegration contract is concluded between ADEM, the jobseeker and the employer.
Jobseekers must:
- be aged 45 or older, or
- in external redeployment, or
- have the disabled worker status
- have been registered with ADEM for at least one month.
Employers wishing to conclude an employment reintegration contract with a jobseeker must be able to offer them a real job perspective at the end of the contract.
Duration
The employment reintegration contract is concluded for a duration of 12 months.
If the contract follows an internship, the duration of the internship is taken into account in the calculation of the 12 months.
Allowance
A jobseeker who doesn't receive unemployment benefits, receives an allowance equal to the social minimum wage for unskilled workers.
People who receive unemployment benefits, a bridging allowance, an occupational bridging allowance, an occupational bridging pension or the allowance for severely disabled persons, retain the benefit of this income and receive, in addition, an allowance of EUR 393,54 per month (index 944,43) paid by ADEM.
If the unemployment benefits, a bridging allowance, an occupational bridging allowance, an occupational bridging pension or the allowance for severely disabled persons is less than the social minimum wage for unskilled workers, the jobseeker receives an allowance equal to the social minimum wage for unskilled workers and the allowance of EUR 393,54 per month (index 944,43) paid by ADEM.
ADEM pays the allowance to the jobseeker every month. The allowance is subject to the social security and tax charges laid down for salaries, the employer's share being paid by the Employment Fund.
To enable ADEM to pay jobseekers within a reasonable timeframe, the employer will send ADEM a statement of the jobseeker's attendance each month, no later than the 3rd working day of the following month.
The employer may pay the jobseeker an optional performance bonus.
How to proceed
Employers wishing to conclude such a contract with a jobseeker, must contact ADEM's Employer Service and declare their vacancy.
Mentoring
The employment reintegration contract allows jobseekers to use their capabilities in a meaningful way, while acquiring new skills. In this respect, the employer must appoint a mentor, who will be responsible for assisting and supervising the jobseeker throughout the employment reintegration contract.
Within one month of the conclusion of the contract, the company, the mentor and the jobseeker must draw up a training plan, a copy of which must be sent to ADEM.
In the event of a change occurring during the employment reintegration contract, the employer is required to inform ADEM.
Leave
During the contract, the jobseeker is entitled to 2 days of leave per month.
The holiday must be taken before the end of the contract. There is no entitlement to financial compensation for holidays not taken.
Working hours
Jobseekers who are involved in night work, overtime, working on public holidays and Sunday work are subject to the applicable legal regulations, just like any other employee in the company.
End of the contract
At the end of the employment reintegration contract, the employer must inform ADEM, in writing, of the opportunities for the jobseeker to be integrated into the company.
Hiring the jobseeker
If the jobseeker is hired at the end of the employment reintegration contract, the duration of the contract, together with the duration of the internship, if any, counts as a trial period.
Where applicable, the employer may also apply for a support for the re-employment of older unemployed people
Not hiring the jobseeker
If the jobseeker is not hired at the end of the employment reintegration contract, the employer must provide ADEM with a document indicating the skills acquired during the employment reintegration contract, as well as any deficiencies noted.
An employer who, within 3 months of the end of the employment reintegration contract, wishes to recruit staff in his company, is obliged to give priority to hiring the former employment reintegration contract eligible beneficiary, provided that he meets the required qualifications and profile. The employer must then notify the jobseeker in a timely manner. The jobseeker has 8 days to respond.
The employment reintegration contract is automatically terminated in the event of placement in an appropriate job, either with the same company or with another company (signature of an employment contract), and at the latest after the expiry of a twelve-month period of employment.
ADEM may terminate the employment reintegration contract before its expiry date at the reasoned and valid request of the employer or jobseeker.
ADEM may also terminate the employment reintegration contract in the event of non-compliance by the parties with the legal provisions and terms of the contract, in particular in the event of non-payment of the employer's share. Moreover, termination of the contract does not exempt the employer from paying the amounts due to ADEM.
Jobseekers, whether or not they are receiving benefits, may not refuse the employment reintegration contract offered to them by ADEM without good reason, or terminate it at the risk of incurring the sanctions provided for by law.
Funding/Support
Under a RCE, the employer does not receive any financial support, but only pays a share of the salary normally due. On the basis of an invoice from ADEM, the employer pays ADEM a monthly share of 50% of the minimum social wage for unskilled workers. This contribution is reduced to 35% of the minimum social wage for unskilled workers if jobseekers of the under-represented gender are employed.
Legal basis
Art. L. 524-1.