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Factsheet for measure FR-2021-27/2370 – Updated – measures in France

Aid for hiring people on fixed-term contracts in the entertainment industry

Majoration temporaire de l’aide à l’embauche en CDD dans le spectacle

Country France , applies nationwide
Time period Temporary, 01 July 2021 – 31 December 2025
Context COVID-19
Type Legislations or other statutory regulations
Category Promoting the economic, labour market and social recovery into a green future
– Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.)
Author Frédéric Turlan (IRshare) and Eurofound
Measure added 20 May 2022 (updated 06 July 2023)

Background information

In order to support the reopening of cultural venues, Decree No. 2021-1066 of 9 August 2021 increased the scale of aid for hiring intermittent entertainment workers on fixed-term contracts for contracts starting between 1 July 2021 and 31 December 2021 (aid instituted by D. No. 2019-1011 of 1 October 2019, art. 3, JO 2 October). A new decree of 5 April 2022 extends the application of this increased scale until 31 July 2022.

Content of measure

The monthly amount of aid (prorated for part-time work) is thus maintained at:

  • €466 for a contract of at least one month and less than four months
  • €566 for a contract of at least four months and less than eight months
  • €666 per month if the duration is greater or equal to eight months.

In addition, the benefit of this aid is exceptionally extended to employees on split contracts based on the sum of the duration of the different contracts. It is therefore granted to employers who undertake, by means of a framework contract, to conclude several discontinuous employment contracts with an employee over a period of 12 months, provided that the performance of the first contract began between 1 July 2021 and 31 July 2022.

The aid is also open to the hiring of employees paid "by the hour" when the date of performance of the first fee occurs between 1 July 2021 and 31 July 2022 and if the gross fee is less than 30x the gross minimum wage per hour. The amount is then:

  • €21.18 per fee when the contract provides for 22 to less than 44 fees
  • €25.73 per fee when the contract provides for 44 to less than 70 fees
  • €30.27 per fee from 70 fees onwards

Updates

The following updates to this measure have been made after it came into effect.

23 January 2023

The rules governing aid will change from 1 January 2023 in application of decree no. 2023-21 of 23 January 2023.

If the contract is due to start on or after 1 January 2023: the following provisions apply

The amount varies according to the type, duration and working hours of the contract:

  • Hiring an employee on a permanent contract: up to €10,000 per year for 3 years
  • Hiring of a permanent lyric choral artist on a permanent contract to replace a permanent lyric choral artist changing functions within the same structure: up to €16,000 per year for 3 years
  • Hiring a performing arts technician on a fixed-term contract: up to €200 per month for a fixed term contract of 1 month or more but less than 4 months, €300 per month for a fixed-term contract of 4 months or more but less than eight months, €400 per month for a fixed-term contract of 8 months or more but less than 12 months and €500 per month for a fixed-term contract of 12 months or more
  • Hiring a performing artist on a fixed-term contract: up to €300 per month for a fixed-term contract of 1 month or more but less than 4 months, €400 per month for a fixed-term contract of 4 months or more but less than 8 months and €500 per month for a fixed-term contract of 8 months or more
  • Hiring a voice artist on a fixed-term contract of at least 6 months: lump sum of €9,000
  • Hiring a performing artist on split contracts: up to €300 per month if the sum of the durations of the various fixed-term contracts is greater than 4 months and less than 8 months, or €400 per month if the sum of the durations of the various fixed-term contracts is 8 months or more
  • Hiring of a performing artist paid by cachet: €13.63 per cachet for a number of cachets greater than or equal to 22 and less than 44 over a period equal to or greater than 4 months and less than 8 months and €18.18 per cachet for a number of cachets greater than or equal to 44 and less than 66 over a period greater than 8 months and less than or equal to 12 months.
05 April 2022

Decree no. 2022-488 of 5 April 2022 extends the temporary and exceptional adjustments until 31 July 2022.

If performance of the contract begins between 1 August 2022 and 31 December 2022: the following provisions apply

The amount of aid depends on the type, duration and working hours of the contract.

  • Hiring an employee on a permanent contract: up to €10,000 per year for 3 years
  • Hiring an employee on a fixed-term contract: between €200 and €500 per month, depending on the length of the contract (minimum 1 month)
  • Hiring of a permanent lyric choral artist on a permanent contract to replace a permanent lyric choral artist changing functions within the same structure: up to 16,000 per year for 3 years
  • Hiring of a voice artist on a fixed-term contract of at least 6 months: lump sum of €9,000.

Use of measure

No information.

Target groups

Workers Businesses Citizens
Particular professions
Workers in non-standard forms of employment
Sector specific set of companies
Does not apply to citizens

Actors and funding

Actors Funding
National government
Company / Companies
National funds

Social partners

Social partners' role in designing the measure and form of involvement:

Trade unions Employers' organisations
Role Consulted Consulted
Form Direct consultation outside a formal body Direct consultation outside a formal body

Social partners' role in the implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:

  • No involvement
  • Main level of involvement: Sectoral or branch level

Involvement

No specific involvement.

Views and reactions

No specific views.

Sectors and occupations

This case is not occupation-specific.

Sources

  • 01 October 2019: Décret n° 2019-1011 du 1er octobre 2019 relatif au Fonds national pour l'emploi pérenne dans le spectacle (FONPEPS) (www.legifrance.gouv.fr)
  • 09 August 2021: Décret n° 2021-1066 du 9 août 2021 modifiant le décret n°2019-1011 du 1er octobre 2019 relatif au Fonds national pour l'emploi pérenne dans le spectacle (FONPEPS) (www.legifrance.gouv.fr)
  • 05 April 2022: Décret n° 2022-488 du 5 avril 2022 relatif à la prolongation des adaptations temporaires exceptionnelles du dispositif de soutien à l'emploi du plateau artistique de spectacles vivants diffusés dans des salles de petite jauge et de l'aide unique à l'embauche dans le spectacle (www.legifrance.gouv.fr)
  • 23 January 2023: Décret n° 2023-21 du 23 janvier 2023 relatif à la prolongation et à l'adaptation du Fonds national pour l'emploi pérenne dans le spectacle (FONPEPS), du dispositif de soutien à l'emploi du plateau artistique de spectacles vivants diffusés dans des salles de petite jauge et du dispositif de soutien à l'emploi dans le secteur de l'édition phonographique (www.legifrance.gouv.fr)

Citation

Eurofound (2022), Aid for hiring people on fixed-term contracts in the entertainment industry, measure FR-2021-27/2370 (measures in France), EU PolicyWatch, Dublin, https://static.eurofound.europa.eu/covid19db/cases/FR-2021-27_2370.html

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