Factsheet for measure
FR-2021-3/2984
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Updated
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Collective transition
Transition collective - TransCo
Background information
Co-constructed with trade unions and employers' organisations, the Collective Transitions scheme - also known as Transco - aims to help employers and employees to cope with changes that may affect their company's model and activity. It is aimed at companies with a development perspective and at companies undergoing change (changes in work organisation, technological transition, environmental transition, etc.). It promotes the mobility of employees in vulnerable professions.
Content of measure
Transitions Collectives aims to promote the professional mobility of employees, particularly between sectors, and to encourage retraining on a regional scale. It enables employees whose jobs are in jeopardy to retrain in a secure environment for a promising job in their local area. The Collective Transitions scheme is divided into two parts:
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Collective Transitions - Transco is based on the legal support of the Professional Transitions Project (PTP). The remuneration of the employee who benefits from it is maintained, within the limit of 2 times the minimum wage (90% above). In addition, this part of the scheme offers the employee the possibility of returning to his or her company at the end of the training.
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Transco - Mobility leave is based on mobility leave, after the employer has concluded a collective bargaining agreement (RCC) or a job and career management agreement (GEPP). In this case, the employee's remuneration is also maintained, with no ceiling.
These two components of the Collective Transitions scheme enable employees to undergo retraining for up to 24 months (or 2,400 hours).
For these two components, the remuneration and training costs are covered by the State, either totally or partially, depending on the size of the company. In the case of Transco - Congé de mobilité, the employer pays at least 65% of the remuneration and the State finances the remainder, which allows a level of remuneration almost equivalent to the net salary to be maintained.
Updates
The following updates to this measure have been made after it came into effect.
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10 July 2025
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The bill aims to transpose three ANI dated November 14, 2024 and June 25, 2025, dealing with senior employment, the evolution of social dialogue and professional transitions and reconversions. It also provides a legal basis for a measure from the unemployment insurance agreement of November 15, 2024. On July 10, 2025, the Senate adopted the bill in its final version, following an agreement reached in a joint committee. The bill still needs to be definitively voted on by the National Assembly in the upcoming weeks.
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25 June 2025
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In June 2025, France signed a historic ANI to modernize and simplify professional transitions and reconversions. The agreement streamlines access to training, secure career paths, and fosters collective and individual responses to labor market changes. Overall, it aims to enhance employability and simplify professional development amid economic and technological shifts.
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07 February 2022
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One year after its launch, the collective transitions scheme (Transco) is struggling to get off the ground. In September 2022, the government therefore announced a number of changes to facilitate its deployment, particularly among SMEs. An instruction dated 7 February 2022 from the Ministry of Labour (DGEFP), which replaces the one published at the beginning of 2021, simplifies the scheme while creating a complementary scheme, called "Transco-congé de mobilité", which aims to support the professional retraining of employees opting for mobility leave. The instruction simplifies the procedures for implementing collective transitions, in particular its access to employers with less than 300 employees. It allows them to define the list of weakened professions by unilateral decision and not by company agreement. In addition, the labour administration completes the list of aids to which companies can resort in order to mobilise the system.
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Use of measure
By the end of the summer of 2021, only 64 companies had opened a space on the Transitions pro site (see source, Le Monde 2022).
During an initial assessment in the autumn of 2021, the Ministry of Labour admitted that the result had not lived up to expectations, announcing a forthcoming reform. This was announced on 7 February 2022. The new version of Transco, which was drawn up after consultation with the social partners, is intended to be more attractive to employers in small businesses.
A study conducted by Drieets Île-de-France and Transitions Pro Île-de-France found that in the region in 2021-2022, 84% of participants were satisfied with the program, and 70% felt it had been helpful. Additionally, 44% of employees had already secured new employment. The average training duration was 8.5 months, with caregivers receiving the most funding for their training. Women, predominantly aged 35 to 54, represented 87% of the participants. Furthermore, 81% of the beneficiaries were employed by large companies with over 300 workers.
Target groups
Actors and funding
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Actors
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Funding
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National government
Social partners jointly
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Companies
National funds
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Social partners
Social partners' role in
designing the measure
and form of involvement:
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Trade unions
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Employers' organisations
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Role
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Agreed (outcome) incl. social partner initiative
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Agreed (outcome) incl. social partner initiative
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Form
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Direct consultation outside a formal body
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Direct consultation outside a formal body
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Social partners' role in the
implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:
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Social partners jointly
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Main level of involvement: Peak or cross-sectoral level
Involvement
The scheme has been elaborated by the social partners jointly and the government in the framework of the "Plan de relance" the relaunch the economy after the COVID-19 crisis.
Views and reactions
As social partners were at the initiative of the design of this measure, they support it.
Sources
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07 February 2022: Instruction N° DGEFP/2022/35 du 7 février 2022 relative au déploiement du dispositif «Transitions collectives » prévu par France relance
(www.legifrance.gouv.fr)
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25 February 2022: Le Monde (2022), « Transitions collectives » : le ministère du travail revoit sa copie
(www.lemonde.fr)
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09 May 2022: Ministère de l'Economie, Transitions Collectives (Transco)
(travail-emploi.gouv.fr)
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17 December 2023: Impact du dispositif Transitions Collectives (TransCo) sur les trajectoires professionnelles Transitions Collectives (TransCo) sur les trajectoires professionnelles
(www.transitionspro-idf.fr)
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25 June 2025: Accord National Interprofessionnel du 25 juin 2025 en faveur des transitions et reconversions professionnelles
(web.lexisnexis.fr)
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15 July 2025: Projet de loi portant transposition des accords nationaux interprofessionnels en faveur de l'emploi des salariés expérimentés et relatif à l'évolution du dialogue social
(www.vie-publique.fr)
