Single integration contract (CUI) - Skills employment pathway (PEC)

Verified 01 January 2026 - Public Service / Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

What is the Single Integration Contract (CUI)? It combines training and/or professional support for its beneficiary and financial assistance for the employer. The CUI aims to make it easier to hire people who have difficulty finding a job. The Employment Support Contract (CUI-CAE) is aimed at the non-market sector and the Employment Initiative Contract (CUI-CIE) at the market sector. Here we explain the regulations you need to know.

FYI  

The financial assistance received by the employer may vary depending on the region and the public receiving it.

CUI-EAC

The CUI is an employment contract concluded between:

  • An employer who will receive financial assistance
  • And an employee who will benefit from assistance with professional integration.

The CUI-CAE is aimed at the non-commercial, public or associative sector (examples: town hall, departmental council, company committee).

The EAC-ITU is the contractual framework within which the Skills and Employment Journey (PEC) takes place.

The JEP shall include:

  • A tripartite interview that brings together the prescriber (examples: Cap emploi, France Travail), the employer and the future employee at the time of signing the request for assistance.
    This interview allows the formalization of the commitments and the combination of the skills that the position should allow to acquire among the skills defined in an online form
  • Dematerialized monitoring during the contract, which can take the form of a booklet
  • An exit interview between the prescriber and the employee, depending on the needs of the person, between 1 to 3 months before the end of the contract.

Duration of the employment skills pathway

The target duration of a course is 12 months (one year) and the initial agreements cannot be less than 9 months.

Duration of the CUI

Several situations must be distinguished.

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General case

The CUI is an employment contract under private law.

It is concluded for a fixed or indefinite period.

Where it is of fixed duration:

  • Its minimum duration is 6 months (3 months for convicted persons benefiting from a sentence adjustment)
  • Its maximum duration, including renewals and extensions, is 2 years.

Employee aged 50 and over

The CUI is an employment contract under private law.

It is concluded for a fixed or indefinite period.

The maximum duration of a CUI in fixed-term contract can be increased to 5 years for people aged 50 years and over at the signing of the CUI.

It may be extended for employees aged 58 or over until the date on which they are entitled to claim their pension rights.

Disabled person

The CUI is an employment contract under private law.

It is concluded for a fixed or indefinite period.

The maximum duration of a CUI in fixed-term contracts may be increased to 5 years for recognized persons workers with disabilities.

FYI  

In the context of a CAE, the fixed-term contract may be extended beyond 2 years to allow completion of a vocational training action in progress.

Possible employers

Employers eligible to enter into an EAC-IIC are:

  • Local authority (examples: a town hall, a department, a region)
  • Other legal person governed by public law (e.g. school)
  • Association
  • Company in charge of the management of a public service (example: company for collecting household waste).

The aim of the CUI is to facilitate the professional integration of unemployed persons with particular social and professional difficulties in accessing employment.

It is in particular of the following persons:

To obtain a CUI, you must be in contact with a professional who provides personalized follow-up of your professional integration.

This professional can be:

  • The departmental council for the beneficiary of the RSA
  • France Work (formerly Pôle emploi) for the jobseeker
  • The local mission for the youth enters 16 and 25 years
  • Cap employment for a disabled person.

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Referent France Travail (formerly Pôle emploi) or Mission locale

Who shall I contact

If the CUI criteria are met, the application is then presented to employers proposing work related to the profile.

Other referent

You must fill out the following form and send it to your professional integration referent.

Aid application - Single insertion contract (CUI)

Who shall I contact

The duration of work is fixed at least at 8 p.m. a week.

Exceptionally, working hours may be below this threshold for employees with particularly severe difficulties (e.g. disability).

The salary is at least equal to Smic: titleContent gross hours (€12.02) times the number of hours worked.

The person in CUI is supported by a referent responsible for the personalized follow-up of his career path.

She is assisted and advised by an experienced employee of the structure that employs her, called guardian.

The employer has an obligation to provide for actions:

The employee can benefit from:

Warning  

The duration of each period of work experience may not exceed 1 month (from date to date).

The cumulative duration of all these periods during the CUI may not represent more than 25% the total duration of the contract.

A person in a CUI may suspend his or her contract to complete a probationary period in relation to a job offer.

It must be a contract hiring:

In the event of employment following the completion of the workplace assessment or the probationary period, the CUI shall be terminated without notice. It's a case of legitimate resignation.

A certificate of professional experience is drawn up by the employer and given to the employee 1 month before the end of the CUI.

Please note

employees on fixed-term contracts in the context of a CUI do not receive of precariousness allowance at the end of the contract.

The person in CUI is classified as category E : she has a job and is not obliged to perform acts related to the search for a job.

CUI-CIE

The CUI is an employment contract concluded between:

  • An employer who will receive financial assistance
  • And an employee who will benefit from assistance with professional integration.

The CIE-CUI concerns the commercial and industrial sector (e.g. employers who pay into the unemployment insurance scheme).

Duration of the CUI

Several situations must be distinguished.

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General case

The CUI is an employment contract under private law.

It is concluded for a fixed or indefinite period.

Where it is of fixed duration:

  • Its minimum duration is 6 months (3 months for convicted persons benefiting from a sentence adjustment)
  • Its maximum duration, including renewals and extensions, is 2 years.

Employee aged 50 and over

The CUI is an employment contract under private law.

It is concluded for a fixed or indefinite period.

The maximum duration of a CUI in fixed-term contract can be increased to 5 years for people aged 50 years and over at the signing of the CUI.

It may be extended for employees aged 58 or over until the date on which they are entitled to claim their pension rights.

Disabled person

The CUI is an employment contract under private law.

It is concluded for a fixed or indefinite period.

The maximum duration of a CUI in fixed-term contracts may be increased to 5 years for recognized persons workers with disabilities.

Possible employers

Employers eligible to enter into an ICU-CIE are:

  • Company
  • A group of employers that organizes integration and qualification courses
  • Employer of sea fishing.

The purpose of the CUI is to facilitate the professional integration of unemployed persons with special social and professional difficulties in accessing employment.

It is in particular of the following persons:

To obtain a CUI, you must be in contact with a professional who provides personalized follow-up of your professional integration.

This professional can be:

  • The departmental council for the beneficiary of the RSA
  • France Work (formerly Pôle emploi) for the jobseeker
  • The local mission for the youth enters 16 and 25 years
  • Cap employment for a disabled person.

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Referent France Travail (formerly Pôle emploi) or Mission locale

Who shall I contact

If the CUI criteria are met, the application is then presented to employers proposing work related to the profile.

Other referent

You must fill out the following form and send it to your professional integration referent.

Aid application - Single insertion contract (CUI)

Who shall I contact

The duration of work is fixed at least at 8 p.m. a week.

Exceptionally, working hours may be below this threshold for employees with particularly severe difficulties (e.g. disability).

The salary is at least equal to Smic: titleContent gross hours (€12.02) times the number of hours worked.

The person in CUI is supported by a referent responsible for the personalized follow-up of his career path.

She is assisted and advised by an experienced employee of the structure that employs her, called guardian.

The employer has an obligation to provide for actions:

The employee can benefit from:

Warning  

The duration of each period of work experience may not exceed 1 month (from date to date).

The cumulative duration of all these periods during the CUI may not represent more than 25% the total duration of the contract.

A person in a CUI may suspend his or her contract to complete a probationary period in relation to a job offer.

It must be a contract hiring:

In the event of employment following the completion of the workplace assessment or the probationary period, the CUI shall be terminated without notice. It's a case of legitimate resignation.

A certificate of professional experience is drawn up by the employer and given to the employee 1 month before the end of the CUI.

Please note

employees on fixed-term contracts in the context of a CUI do not receive of precariousness allowance at the end of the contract.

The person in CUI is classified as category E : she has a job and is not obliged to perform acts related to the search for a job.

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