Vocational Training Leave in the Hospital Public Service (FPH)

Verified 01 August 2026 - Public Service / (Prime Minister)

Would you like to take a training course to carry out a personal or professional project? For this, you can benefit, under certain conditions, from a vocational training leave (CFPS). It involves asking your hospital for an absence permit. In principle, the duration of this leave is a maximum of 3 years for the entire career. Time spent in CFPS is considered as service time. We explain the rules to know.

You can benefit from a vocational training leave (CFPS) if you have completed at least 3 years or the equivalent of 3 years of actual service in the hospital civil service.

This rule applies whether you are a civil servant (incumbent) or a contract worker (non-incumbent).

You benefit from a priority access to vocational training leave if you have any of the following:

  • You belong to a category C body and you do not have the baccalaureate
  • You have a disability and are covered by the employment obligation
  • It is noted, after consulting the occupational physician, that you are particularly exposed, given your individual professional situation, to a risk of professional wear and tear.

FYI  

If you have taken an action organized or approved by your institution for the preparation of examinations and competitions, you cannot take a vocational training leave within 12 months (one year) of the end of this action.

You must apply for at least one vocational training leave 60 days (2 months) before the start date of the training.

Your request must include the following information:

  • Date training begins
  • Nature of training
  • Duration of training
  • Name of the training organization.

Your supervisor will inform you of his/her decision within 30 days of receiving your application.

Your request can be rejected:

  • Due to the service requirements
  • Or when the number of agents simultaneously absent at the CFP exceeds 2% the total number of agents at your institution as of December 31 of the previous year.

FYI  

Where it is not possible to meet all requests, leave shall be granted in priority to staff members whose requests have been previously refused.

The duration of the vocational training leave shall be 3 years maximum for the entire career.

This maximum duration is 5 years if you are in one of the following situations :

  • You belong to a body category C and you do not have the bachelor's degree
  • You are a disabled beneficiary of the obligation of employment
  • It is noted, after consulting the occupational physician, that you are particularly exposed, given your individual professional situation, to a risk of professional wear and tear.

FYI  

Leave can be used in one go or distributed throughout the career in internships that can be divided into weeks, days or half days.

If your institution responds favorably to your request for leave, a request for care is completed by:

  • Yourself
  • Your establishment
  • And the training organization.

You must send this request to the National Association for the Training of Hospital Personnel (ANFH).

This shipment is made by registered mail with acknowledgement of receipt to the ANFH territorial delegation.

The rules for your remuneration during the vocational training leave vary depending on whether or not you have priority to access the CFP:

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General scenario

You receive a flat monthly allowance for 12 months (one year) for your entire career or during 24 months (2 years) if your training lasts at least 2 years.

The monthly allowance is equal to 85% your gross index salary and the residence allowance you receive at the time of your leave. It is paid by your institution.

This monthly allowance may not exceed €2,778.62 gross per month.

In addition to your monthly allowance, you will continue to receive your family treatment supplement (FTS) if you receive this additional remuneration.

If you are Category C, the flat-rate monthly allowance is supplemented for a maximum of 1 year up to the total amount of your gross index salary and the residence allowance you receive at the time of your leave.

This additional remuneration is paid to you by your institution.

You have priority access to vocational training leave

If you have priority access to vocational training leave, you receive a flat-rate monthly allowance for the first 2 years of leave.

Subsequent years of leave are unpaid.

During the 1re year of leave, the monthly allowance is equal to the gross index salary and the residence allowance you receive at the time of your leave.

The 2e year of leave, the monthly allowance shall be 85% your gross index salary and the residence allowance you receive at the time of your leave.

In addition to your monthly allowance, you will continue to receive your family treatment supplement (FTS) if you receive this additional remuneration.

You give your establishment a attestation of attendance in training issued by the training organization at the end of each month and at the end of your training leave.

FYI  

In case of absence without good reason, the leave may be terminated and you must then reimburse the allowances received.

The effects of VET leave on your career occur during and after VET leave.

During the vocational training leave

Time spent on vocational training leave shall be considered as service time.

During your vocational training leave, you keep your annual leave entitlements : you can take them during your vocational training leave (e.g. school holidays).

In this case, your vocational training leave is suspended during the annual leave periods.

In case of illness or maternity, the training leave shall also be suspended and you shall be paid in accordance with the usual rules applicable during such leave.

Time spent on vocational training leave is taken into account for retirement.

After the vocational training leave

At the end of your training leave, you must work in the public service for a period of time equal to 3 times the period during which you received compensation.

You can be exempted from this obligation to remain in the public service by your employer administration.

If you are not exempt from this duty to serve and you leave the public service before the end of your engagement, you must reimburse the allowances received pro rata to the time of service not performed.

If you are in one of the following situations, you must work in the public service for up to 36 months (3 years) :

  • You belong to a category C body and you do not have the baccalaureate
  • You are a disabled person benefiting from theemployment obligation
  • It is noted, after consulting the occupational physician, that you are particularly exposed, given your individual professional situation, to a risk of professional wear and tear.

At the end of your training leave:

  • If you are a civil servant (incumbent), you will return to your home institution to perform duties corresponding to your grade.
  • If you are a contractor (non-incumbent), you return to a job at the same level as you had before your leave.

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