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Single contribution to vocational training (training contribution)

Verified 14 September 2022 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

The employer must contribute to the financing of continuing training for its staff and jobseekers by paying an annual contribution. The amount depends on the number of employees.

Since 1er January 2022, the Urssaf collects the single tax via the registered social declaration (DSN).

The contribution is calculated on the gross wage bill. That is to say, the total amount of taxable remuneration and benefits in kind paid to staff during the year, including salaries, employee contributions, bonuses, bonuses, allowances and tips.

Tableau - Contribution rate for continuing vocational training

Average company size

Contribution rate (general companies)

Contribution rate (temporary work companies)

Up to 10 employees

0.55%

0.55%

From 11 employees

1.00%

1.00%

Some branches of industry may set higher rates.

The company that has reached or exceeded 11 employees for the first time from 2018 remains subject to the 0.55% for this year and the following 4 years.

From now on, a company that crosses the threshold of 11 employees will only be subject to the applicable company rate for 11 or more employees if this number remains greater than or equal to 11 employees for 5 consecutive years.

Thus, a company that crosses the 11-employee threshold in 2020 will not be subject to the 1% from 2025 onwards if the number of staff remains at or above 11.

The number of staff in the company as at 31 December, irrespective of the establishment, shall be equal to the average of the number of staff determined each month of calendar year. Months in which no employee is employed are not taken into account.

In order to calculate the overall strength and the average strength, a count must be made.

The monthly headcount calculation takes into account all employees with an employment contract on the last day of each month, including absent employees.

The calculation of the annual number of staff at the level of the company, irrespective of the establishment concerned, and is equal to the average number of employees for each month in year N-1 (average annual number). Persons are counted according to the number of days they have been employed.

Tableau - Wage Earner Count Methods

Categories

Count Modes

Employees in DTA: titleContent full-time, whether they are present or absent for sickness or leave

The following employees are counted as one unit each:

  • Employees who worked the whole month (151.67 hours)
  • Employees in fixed-rate packages days, regardless of the duration of their package
  • Employees whose employment contract is suspended (e.g. maternity, adoption or parental education leave)
  • Homeworkers

    Employees who worked the whole month (151.67 hours) are counted as one unit each

    Employees in CSD: titleContent

    • Employees who worked the whole month (151.67 hours) are counted as one unit each
    • Employees who have worked part-time shall be counted in proportion to their working time
    • Employees who replace an absent employee are not taken into account in the calculation of the average number of employees

    Temporary employees

    They are counted both in the temporary company of work and in the user company

    Intermittent employees

    • Employees who worked the whole month (151.67 hours) are counted as one unit each
    • Employees who have worked part-time shall be counted in proportion to their working time

    Employees provided by an external company and present for at least 1 year, employees under a temporary employment contract (temporary workers)

    • Employees who worked the whole month (151.67h) are counted as one unit each
    • Employees who have worked part-time shall be counted in proportion to their working time
    • Employees who replace an absent employee are not taken into account in the calculation of the average number of employees

    Part-time employees, regardless of the nature of their employment contract

    Each employee is taken into account in proportion to his working time (total sum of the hours entered in the employment contract / legal or contractual working time)

    The following persons shall not be taken into account in the establishment plan:

    • Temporary employees on fixed-term contracts and temporary workers who replace an absent employee
    • Alternating persons (apprenticeship or professionalization contract except for charges related to accidents at work and occupational diseases)
    • Persons on a single insertion contract (CUI) or employment assistance contract (CAE) except for assessing the threshold for setting up representative bodies of staff
    • Trainees (students or in vocational training)
    • Managers (minority or egalitarian managers of SARL, chairmen of the board of directors, directors general and deputy directors general of SA, chairmen and directors of SAS)

    There are special cases:

    • Multi-card VRPs are excluded from the overall strength but are included in the average strength.
    • Employees hired under the company Service Employment Title (Tese) and the Associative Employment Check (CEA) are excluded from the overall workforce, but are included in the average workforce.
    • Persons with disabilities employed by a Labor Assistance Center (LAC) belong to the staff of the LAC managing association.
    • Temporary agency workers are counted in both the temporary company of work and the user company.
      On the other hand, they are not counted in the temporary company of work in the following 2 cases:
      • They replace an absent employee

      • They were bound by a temporary employment contract for a total of 3 months (at least 455 hours) during the last calendar year
    • Employees posted or made available to another company (labour loan) are counted in the company which concluded the contract of employment

    Collection rules

    The full contribution must be paid each month (such as social security contributions) to theUrssaf: titleContent. The first collection of the Urssaf concerns the January 2022 employment period, so the first DSN must be made on February 5 or 15, 2022 depending on your situation.

    Nominative Social Declaration (DSN)

    Payment of the single contribution to vocational training for 2021

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    Employers with less than 50 employees

    Tableau - DSN Payment Terms

    Number of staff in the company

    Pay Date

    Deadline for payment of social contributions

    Less than 50 employees

    Whatever the date

    The 15th of the month M+1

    Fewer than 11 employees opted for quarterly maturity

    The 15th of the 1st month of the following quarter

    Employers with more than 50 employees

    Tableau - DSN Payment Terms

    Pay Date

    Deadline for payment of social contributions

    Month M

    The 5th of the month M+1

    Month M+1

    The 15th of the month M+1

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