What is an interim permanent employment contract (CDI)?
Verified 01 January 2026 - Public Service / Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
A temporary work company (ETT) may conclude an interim permanent contract with the employee for the performance of successive assignments. The employment contract may provide for periods without performance of a mission, referred to as intermission periods. These periods are considered to be actual working time for the determination of paid leave entitlements and for seniority. When the employee is in a situation of intermission, he must be available for any mission to be performed.
Please note
the temporary permanent contract should not be confused with the temporary contract.
The temporary permanent contract does not have a maximum duration.
Mandatory particulars
The interim DTA shall be drawn up in writing.
It shall contain the following mandatory particulars:
- Identity of ETT and employee
- Working time conditions, including night work
- Hours during which the employee must be reachable during periods without performance of assignment
- Mobility perimeter in which missions are carried out
- Description of jobs corresponding to the employee's qualifications
- Amount of guaranteed minimum monthly remuneration
- Obligation to provide the employee with a mission letter for each mission he performs
Mission letter
The mission letter shall include the following information:
- Professional qualification and employment of the employee
- Amount of mission remuneration
- Location of the mission
- Start and end dates of the mission and the possibility to change the term of the mission or to renew it
- Working hours
- Reason why the employee is called upon
- Specific characteristics of the post to be filled
The trial period is not mandatory. However, it is binding on the employee as long as it is expressly provided for in the employment contract.
The remuneration of the employee depends on his situation at the time of the assignment or intermission period of his employment contract.
Period of mission
The employee is paid at the hourly rate according to the mission he performs.
Intermission period
The employee's employment contract provides for the payment of a guaranteed minimum monthly remuneration at least equal to €1,823.03.
The employee has a right to leave with pay which he may take during periods of leave, in accordance with the conditions laid down in the employment contract.
An employee on a temporary permanent contract does not receive an end-of-assignment allowance, more often called precariousness premium.
The temporary permanent contract may be terminated under the usual conditions of termination of the CDI, at the initiative of the ETT or the employee.