EuWorkers temporary workers are often found in support roles to help businesses through busy periods or to work on specific projects. These contracts can be challenging for employees and it can sometimes be difficult to reconcile work and personal life.
The CDI, or contrat à durée indéterminée, is the standard private work contract in France and employers must offer it unless they can show a very good reason not to. It is valid for full time or part time work, offers job security and cannot be ended unless it can be proven that the employee has committed serious wrongdoing and that dismissal is justified. If this is the case, compensation is payable.
Fixed-term contracts can be concluded for a period of six months or more and are renewable only for very particular reasons stipulated by law, unlike countries like Germany where they can be concluded with no limit on the number of renewals. The duration of these types of contracts is also limited by the minimum working hours (24 per week or more if there is a workplace agreement) and by an end-of-contract indemnity, called ‘prime de précarite’.
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For students doing an internship in France, the terms of their contract are set by a convention de stage, a three-way agreement between the university, the student and the company offering the placement. This is usually written in French and it defines the start and end dates, working hours and responsibilities during the internship.
