Frequently asked questions

This is a new type of work which emerged in the mid-1980s in France and allows independent workers to maintain their autonomy while benefiting from employee status and its advantages.

As with traditional employment, fixed-term and permanent contracts are possible with portage salarial.

In wage portage, you benefit from the status of an employee. As a result, you also benefit from all the benefits of this status: pension, health insurance, retirement, unemployment, training, etc.

An employee in wage portage: - May not work more than 10 hours per day, - May not work more than 48 hours per week, - May not work more than 44 hours on average over 12 consecutive weeks, - Must have a daily rest period of 11 consecutive hours and a weekly rest period of 35 consecutive hours. However, there is no minimum working time in the wage portage administration.

Paid holidays are about 2.5 days per month, which is the same as for standard employment contracts. Like a independent worker, a freelance consultant is able to plan his activity freely. The portage salarial's company cannot impose its working periods on the consultant, or its paid holidays, which will be calculated in the same way as any other member of staff in the company and will be included in the pay slip.

This is possible subject to compliance with maximum working hours.

Wage portage represents more than 750 professions divided into 3 main areas: Intellectual services, Commercial services and Artisanal services. The regulated activities (doctor, lawyer, accountant, etc.) and the personal services are not covered by wage portage.

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Absolutely, you keep your rights if the assignment requires less than 100 hours per month and brings in less than 70% of your former gross salary, thus forming part of a return to reduced activity. On the other hand, if the assignment/contract is full-time, you will regain your rights at the end of the benefit.

If you have a foreign nationality and your country is within the European Union, you can become a member and you do not need to take any specific steps. When you register, you simply need to provide us with a copy of your National Identity Card. This must be currently valid. If you have a foreign nationality and your country is outside the European Union, in order to work in a French company, you must have a work permit issued by the French administration, as well as a residency permit.

Unlike the auto-entrepreneur status, no maximum turnover is imposed in wage portage. However, there is a minimum salary to be respected: minimum 2399.60€/month for a junior position and 2913.80€/month for a senior position.

As any employee, contractual salaries are due on the first day of the following month of activity.

We will pay you your salary every month, regardless of the payment of your client's invoices. We will take care of the follow-up with your clients for the payment of invoices related to your mission.

As an employer, we are required to take out professional indemnity insurance, the costs of which are included within our management fees. This means that you are covered in the case of an incident or dispute that could involve your responsibility. Our PII policy is provided by AXA.

Yes, we can offer you the same employer's health insurance as for regular employees. The contribution is paid 50% by the employer and 50% by the employee.

This is your role and it's often the reason why you turn to portage salarial. As we are not a temporary employment agency, we cannot give you missions according to the legislation (loan of labour). However, we are at your disposal to assist you in the negotiation of the terms and conditions and the setting of the amount.

The best solution is the full reimbursement of mission expenses (pro expenses) on the salary slip. In this case, receipts must be presented. The client can also ask for approval before any expenses are committed.

The contract between the portage salarial's company and your client is a service contract. We sign an employment contract with you. We are therefore an intermediary between you and your clients (Tripartite relationship).