Hiring an employee by a group of employers: what are the rules?

An employee can sign an employment contract directly with a group of employers.

The employment contract must include all of the following:

• Conditions of employment and remuneration of the employee
• Professional qualification of the employee
• List of companies in which the employee is required to work
• Places where work is performed.

The employment contract is concluded between the employee and the employer who presides over the group.

The employee is paid by the employers' association.

The employee enjoys equal treatment with other employees of the companies to which he is made available (remuneration, incentive, participation and employee savings).

The remuneration received by an employee of the group of employers may not be lower than that received in the user company by an employee of equivalent qualification, occupying the same post.

For example, an employee of an employer group may work for a period of 1, 2 or 3 days in one company and then work for another period of several days in another company. It is the employer who chairs the group that sets the employee's work schedule.

The employee of the group has access to public transport and collective facilities (catering in particular) under the same conditions as employees of the company.

The group employee has access to the medical monitoring under the same conditions as employees of the company.

If one of the employers leaves the group, this will result in an amendment by endorsement the employee's employment contract. The employer presiding over the group must draft the amendment to the employment contract.

The termination of the employment contract of an employee of a group of employers in CDD occurs in the usual conditions.

In the event of employee misconduct, the disciplinary power is the responsibility of the employers' association.