Hiring aids for a learning contract
Verified 17 January 2023 - Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister), Ministry of Vocational Training
New aid for hiring a young alternator for 2023
Published on 9 January 2023
A press release of the Ministry of Labour of 6 January 2023 announces that the aid created for all the hires of alternants in 2023, will be valid until 2027. The Order in Council which is to confirm this announcement has not yet been issued. The content of this page remains in effect.
From 2023, new aid is introduced. Its amount is equal to €6,000. We explain how to benefit from it. Please note that if you received the 2022 aid, it continues but is not not cumulative.
Please note
The Department of Labour proposes a simplification guide for the employer.
Attention: Help to Hire a long-term unemployed in a professionalisation contract deleted from 2023. It remains valid for contracts signed in 2022.
Aid from 2023
To qualify, your apprentice must prepare a diploma maximum level 7 (Tray +5). We explain everything about this help.
3 conditions must be met by all:
- The contract must be learning contract
- The contract must be concluded in 2023
- The apprentice must prepare a diploma or a professional title less than or equal to level 7 of the national framework of professional certifications (master's degree, engineering degree...)
Warning
For companies with more than 250 employees, you must meet the following additional requirements:
The amount of aid shall be €6,000.
It shall be granted only for 1re year contract.
You do not have any specific requests to make as such.
Just report the hiring of an apprentice.
FYI
Call you back everything you need to know to report your employees.
As an employer, you must send the apprenticeship (or CQP or professionalisation) contract to your Competency Operator (OPCO). According to OPCO, the deposit is made either online via their website or by mail.
The payment of the aid shall be automatic, monthly, before the salary is paid.
Once the contract has been registered and the Monthly DSN In fact, you must report the presence or absence of the employee concerned on the SYLAé platform.
Entering Service Contract Attendance Certificates Online (SYLAé Account)
Each month, the Service and Payment Agency (ASP) sends a notice of payment to the employer, which can be consulted on the same platform.
Entering Service Contract Attendance Certificates Online (SYLAé Account)
Who shall I contact
- Service and Payment Agency (ASP) - Assistance for Employers
Metropole
0 809 549 549
Local Call Price
Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 12 pm and 1:30 pm to 5 pm
Reunion and Mayotte
0 809 540 541
Local Call Price
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: 8am to noon and 1pm to 4pm
Friday: 8am to noon and 1pm to 3pm
Guadeloupe, Martinique and Guyana
0 809 540 640
Local Call Price
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday: 7:30 am to 12:30 pm and 2 pm to 4:30 pm
Wednesday, Friday: 7:30 to 12:30
Email
contact-sylae@asp-public.fr
FYI
If the contract is breached before its due date, the aid shall be paid until the last month of the contract. For the months following the end of the contractual relationship, overpayments must be refunded to the SPA.
Hiring until end of 2022
Help €5 000 or €8,000 is granted to companies for the hiring of apprentices whose contracts are signed until 31 December 2022.
Company of less than 250 employees
The following 2 conditions must be met:
- The contract must be signed between July 2020 and December 2022
- The diploma or professional certificate prepared in an apprenticeship contract must not be higher than Bac +5
Company of 250+ employees
4 conditions must be met:
- The contract must be signed until 31 December 2022
- The diploma or professional certificate prepared in a learning contract must not exceed the Bac +5 level
- The company must commit itself to hiring a minimum threshold of employees on an employment contract. This threshold shall be 5% as at 31 December 2023. These are apprenticeship contracts, professionalisation contracts, CIFRE contracts or LIFE contracts. The threshold for staff on employment contracts may be lowered to 3% if the increase in the number of apprenticeship or professional contracts in 2023 compared to 2022 is at least 10%.
- The company must complete an undertaking
Commitment of a company of 250 or more employees on the ratio of employment contracts
One Ministry of Labour FAQ addresses questions about exceptional assistance in hiring apprentices, exceptional assistance in the hiring of employees under a professional contract.
Please note
Other aid shall apply toapprenticeship hiring of a disabled person.
- €5 000 maximum for the first year if the apprentice is a minor
- €8,000 maximum for the first year if the apprentice is an adult
The aid is granted and paid automatically after the employer has forwarded the signed apprenticeship contract to his Opco: titleContent.
The employer then sends out his or her personal social statement (DSN) and mentions the information regarding this new hire.
The aid is paid to the employer each month at the 1re year of the learning contract.
Example :
If the aid amounts to €8,000, then the company receives every month for 1 year: €8,000 / 12 = €666.67.
Reminder
You can view OPCO list to send the contract to the one that corresponds to your activity.
For all information, the SPA provides an assistance number for employers:
Who shall I contact
- Service and Payment Agency (ASP) - Assistance for Employers
Metropole
0 809 549 549
Local Call Price
Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 12 pm and 1:30 pm to 5 pm
Reunion and Mayotte
0 809 540 541
Local Call Price
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: 8am to noon and 1pm to 4pm
Friday: 8am to noon and 1pm to 3pm
Guadeloupe, Martinique and Guyana
0 809 540 640
Local Call Price
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday: 7:30 am to 12:30 pm and 2 pm to 4:30 pm
Wednesday, Friday: 7:30 to 12:30
Email
contact-sylae@asp-public.fr
Please note
If the contract is longer than 1 year, the company will not for 2e year of contract, new aid planned for 2023.
Who can help me?
Find who can answer your questions in your region
- Service and Payment Agency (ASP) - Assistance for Employers
Metropole
0 809 549 549
Local Call Price
Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 12 pm and 1:30 pm to 5 pm
Reunion and Mayotte
0 809 540 541
Local Call Price
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: 8am to noon and 1pm to 4pm
Friday: 8am to noon and 1pm to 3pm
Guadeloupe, Martinique and Guyana
0 809 540 640
Local Call Price
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday: 7:30 am to 12:30 pm and 2 pm to 4:30 pm
Wednesday, Friday: 7:30 to 12:30
Email
contact-sylae@asp-public.fr
- Service and Payment Agency (ASP): regional delegation
- Service and Payment Agency (SPA)
- Urssaf
- Agefiph
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Speak with an advisor on Place des Entreprises- Labour Code: Articles L6243-1 to L6243-1-2
- Labour Code: Articles D6243-1 to D6243-4
- Decree No. 2022-1714 of 29 December 2022 on the one-off aid for employers of apprentices and exceptional assistance for employers of apprentices and employees on contracts of professionalisation
- Decree No. 2022-958 of 29 June 2022 extending the exemption to the amount of the one-off aid to employers of apprentices and exceptional assistance to employers of apprentices and employees on contracts of professionalisationExtension of exceptional aid until December 2022
- Decree No. 2021-223 of 26 February 2021 temporarily derogating from the amount of the single aid to employers of apprenticesExceptional aid for contracts concluded between 1 and 31 March 2021
- Decree No. 2020-1085 of 24 August 2020 on aid to employers of apprentices provided for in Article 76 of Law No. 2020-935 of 30 July 2020 of Amending Finances for 2020
- Report your employees
- Ministry of Labour press release of 6 January 2023: extension of aid for the hiring of alternants until 2027Ministry of Labour
- One-time help for employers who recruit in apprenticeshipMinistry of Labour
- Questions and Answers on Unique Assistance to Apprenticeship Employers (PDF - 1.6 MB)Ministry of Labour
- Competence Operators (OPCO)Ministry of Labour
- Agefiph siteAssociation for the Management of the Fund for the Integration of Persons with Disabilities (Agefiph)
- Frequently Asked Questions about the Alternance Recovery PlanMinistry of Labour
- Employers' Guide: your aids for alternating hiring (PDF - 4.4 MB)Ministry of Labour