To take on apprentices

The apprenticeship contract is a special type of work contract lasting 12 months. It combines theoretical teaching (around 400 hours) and practical training in a company. The apprentice is therefore considered an employee and is paid.

The wage of an apprentice is generally between 70 and 100% of French minimum wage (SMIC).  Furthermore, there is a legal specification that requires the remuneration to attain at least 53% of the minimum wage (SMIC).

The student must be under 26 years of age at the signing date of the apprenticeship contract.

The apprenticeship contract must cover the course training time.

Time spent on the course is considered paid time. The employment contract must start no later than the 1st of December. The student must attend courses scheduled as part of the Master’s program.  Presence is verified by recording student’s attendance on attendance cards for each class.

Learning conditions

  • The apprentice must be given a clearly defined mission which will be the subject of a job description, at management level.
     
  • Every effort must be made to ensure that the student strives to meet the academic goals. Although apprenticeship learning gives companies the benefit of a worker who is involved and motivated over a long period, that person remains, nonetheless, a graduate student who must heed a certain number of academic constraints: individual or group work, background research; written and oral exams taking place from October to September, including a week of final exams in March.
     
  • In order to study effectively, students are entitled to one week of leave during the month preceding their exam week.  In effect, Article L 117bis of the Labor Code provides that: "apprentices are entitled to an additional leave of 5 paid working days to take in the month preceding the examinations".
     
  • Every effort must be made to ensure the student is properly supervised by his/her in-company tutor.

We hope that you can take these constraints into account in order to contribute to your apprentice’s success.