What is a construction or operation contract?
Verified 17 August 2026 - Public Service / (Prime Minister)
A construction or operation contract is a CDI, but its duration and termination are uncertain. This type of employment contract can be concluded in certain sectors of activity. We present you the information to know.
Only an employee of the private sector can be hired on a construction or operation contract.
This contract allows an employer to recruit employees to carry out a specific work or works, the end date of which cannot be exactly known in advance.
The construction or operation contract is an employment contract of indefinite duration.
However, the construction or operation contract ends when the work or operation is carried out.
If the construction or operation contract includes a trial period, its duration shall be that laid down for a CDI.
The construction or operation contract is mainly concluded in the sector of public buildings and works (construction) or shipbuilding.
It may also be concluded in all other branches of activity where the collective agreement or a extended branch agreement provides for it.
An online service allows you to know what the collective agreement in force in the company provides in this matter:
The collective agreement or extended branch agreement shall determine the following measures:
- Size of the companies concerned
- Activities concerned
- Information on the nature of the project or operation
- Remuneration and termination benefits
- Training guarantees
- Method of termination of the contract when the work or operation cannot be carried out or ends early.
Reminder
In the absence of a collective agreement or an extended branch agreement, it is possible to conclude a construction or operation contract in sectors where its use is usual and consistent with the practice of the profession. For example, in a company in the construction sector.
The collective agreement or extended branch agreement must provide for appropriate terms and conditions for termination of the employment contract in the event that the project or operation for which the contract was concluded cannot be carried out or ends early.
The end of the project or operation is a justified reason for termination of the contract for real and serious reasons.
The procedure of dismissal on personal grounds then applies.
The collective agreement or extended branch agreement must specify the conditions for payment of the severance pay to be paid to the employee.
In the absence of an agreement or agreement, the employee's employment contract must specify the terms of payment and the amount of compensation.
If the employment contract provides for a more favorable compensation than the statutory compensation, the latter must be paid.
The employer shall provide the following documents to the employee:
Please note
When anemployee savings is set up in the company, the employer gives the employee, at the end of the employment contract, a summary of the amounts saved.
Please note
If treaty provisions as provided for, employees made redundant at the end of a construction or operation contract may benefit from a priority of re-employment by CDI: titleContent in the company.
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