Human Resources Development Convention, 1975 (No. 142) - France (Ratification: 1984)

Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2022, published 111st ILC session (2023)

Application in practice. The Committee notes the Government’s report on the various vocational guidance and vocational training schemes, including the statistical, legal and budgetary data contained therein. The Committee notes, in particular, the important vocational training and apprenticeship reform provided for by Act No. 2018-771 of 5 September 2018 on the freedom to choose one’s future employment. The Committee notes with interest the Skills Investment Plan (PIC), which aims to combat the exclusion of vulnerable groups from the labour market. The Plan has already produced encouraging results with regard to the number of jobseekers entering training, and the labour market integration rate of persons having received training. In addition, the Committee notes the cooperation with the social partners in vocational training, particularly through France Compétences, and the possibility offered to occupational sectors to sign Employment and Skills Development Commitments (EDEC). The Government indicates that EDECs are collective agreements signed between the French State and the occupational sectors, with a view to better anticipating economic changes affecting jobs and skills. Regarding the implementation of policies and programmes of vocational guidance and vocational training during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government reports on the measures taken in accordance with the Convention in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Committee notes, in particular, the Collective Transitions (TRANSCO) scheme, introduced in January 2021, to address restructuring due to the COVID-19 crisis. The Government indicates that this scheme is intended to promote occupational mobility, particularly between sectors, and to encourage local-level retraining. The Government also reports on the Apprenticeship for Promotion and Retraining (ProA) scheme, the Occupational Transition Projects (PTP) led by occupational transition organizations (AT PRO), and the National Employment fund for Training (FNE-Formation), a scheme to train employees forced into part-time work or part-time work for extended lengths of time, or employed in an enterprise that is struggling, undergoing change and/or resuming its activities. The Committee requests the Government to continue providing detailed and updated information on the measures taken with regard to vocational guidance and vocational training. It also invites the Government to provide detailed statistics, including statistics disaggregated by age and by sex, on the beneficiaries of the various measures.

Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2019, published 109th ILC session (2021)

Application in practice. The Committee notes the Government’s detailed report, including the statistical data that it contains, particularly in the Annex to the Finance Bill for 2017. The Committee also notes the detailed description of the vocational training and guidance measures, and particularly the contract for the regional plan for the development of vocational training and guidance, which will reinforce action for the provision of training at the local level, and the recovery plan, which will also promote apprenticeship, and the conditions under which it is carried out. The Committee invites the Government to continue providing data illustrating the results achieved by the policies, programmes and measures adopted to give effect to the provisions of the Convention. In particular, the Committee invites the Government to provide information on the results and impact of the Major Investment Plan 2017–22. The Committee also invites the Government to indicate the role and impact of the social partners in the formulation and implementation of vocational training programmes (Article 5 of the Convention).

Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2013, published 103rd ILC session (2014)

The Committee notes the indications in the Government’s report, received in September 2013, concerning the regional planning contract for the development of vocational training, the implementation of the inter-occupational national agreement and Act No. 2009-1437 of November 2009 concerning the provision of reception, information and guidance relating to occupations and training. The Committee also notes that various reception and guidance mechanisms established by the “Pôle Emploi” (French employment agency) and its partners. The Government indicates that, in the context of modernization of the vocational training system, facilitating the public provision of training is an operational must. The Committee recalls that Convention No. 142, as complemented by the Human Resources Development Recommendation, 2004 (No. 195), is part of the context of the attainment of full employment and decent work and of the realization of the right to education for all (see General Survey concerning employment instruments, 2010, page 47). The Committee invites the Government to include in its next report extracts from reports, studies, inquiries or statistical data allowing an examination of the results achieved by the policies, programmes and measures adopted to give effect to the Convention (Part V of the report form).

Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2008, published 98th ILC session (2009)

Part IV of the report form. The Committee notes the Government’s report provided in September 2008, which contains only an outline of the reform of the organization of the public employment service. It refers to its 2008 observation on the application of Convention No. 122 and invites the Government to communicate any extracts from reports, studies, inquiries or statistical data which will allow an examination of the results achieved by the policies, programmes and measures adopted to give effect to Convention No. 142.

Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2005, published 95th ILC session (2006)

The Committee notes the Government’s report and the detailed description of the provisions concerning vocational guidance and training contained therein. It invites the Government to continue to supply any information and to transmit any extracts from reports, studies, inquiries or statistical data which shed light on the application of the Convention in practice (Part VI of the report form).

Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2003, published 92nd ILC session (2004)

The Committee notes that the Government’s report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its 1999 direct request, which read as follows:

The Committee notes the information contained in the Government’s report pertaining to training for agricultural and public sector workers. It asks the Government to send a full report which contains a reply to the issues raised in the previous direct request pertaining to the Training Credits Act and to whether vocational guidance includes information on the applicable laws and collective agreements (Article 3, paragraph 3, of the Convention).

Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1999, published 88th ILC session (2000)

The Committee notes the information contained in the Government's report pertaining to training for agricultural and public sector workers. It asks the Government to send a full report which contains a reply to the issues raised in the previous direct request pertaining to the Training Credits Act and to whether vocational guidance includes information on the applicable laws and collective agreements (Article 3, paragraph 3, of the Convention).

Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1998, published 87th ILC session (1999)

The Committee notes that the Government's report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous direct request, which read as follows:

The Committee has taken note of the Government's report, which replies only in part to its previous direct request. It notes with interest the adoption of the "Training Credit" Act, whose purpose is to enable any worker engaged in working life or any person who engages therein to acquire a skill; it asks the Government to supply in its next report detailed information on the implementation of the provisions of the Act dealing in particular with the number and status of the beneficiaries and the types of training followed.

With reference to its previous direct request, the Committee would be grateful if the Government would specify the type of information made available for purposes of vocational guidance, indicating in particular how information and guidance are supplemented by information on general aspects of collective agreements and labour law (Article 3, paragraphs 2 and 3, of the Convention).

Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1992, published 79th ILC session (1992)

The Committee has taken note of the Government's report, which replies only in part to its previous direct request. It notes with interest the adoption of the "Training Credit" Act, whose purpose is to enable any worker engaged in working life or any person who engages therein to acquire a skill; it asks the Government to supply in its next report detailed information on the implementation of the provisons of the Act dealing in particular with the number and status of the beneficiaries and the types of training followed.

With reference to its previous direct request, the Committee would be grateful if the Government would specify the type of information made available for purposes of vocational guidance, indicating in particular how information and guidance are supplemented by information on general aspects of collective agreements and labour law (Article 3, paragraphs 2 and 3, of the Convention).

Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1991, published 78th ILC session (1991)

The Committee notes that the Government's report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous direct request, which read as follows:

The Committee takes note of the Government's report for the period ending 30 June 1988, containing an update of the information transmitted with the first report. It would be grateful if the Government would continue to provide information on any developments in the areas covered by the Convention, referring to the 1988 direct request and to the following points in particular:

1. Please provide additional information on the link between vocational guidance and vocational training policies and programmes and employment (Article 1 of the Convention), and indicate how effect is given to paragraph 4 of this Article.

2. Please provide particulars of the type of information made available for the purposes of vocational guidance as required by the provisions of this Article, and indicate more particularly how information and guidance is supplemented by information on general aspects of collective agreements and labour law (Article 3, paragraphs 2 and 3).

Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1990, published 77th ILC session (1990)

The Committee takes note of the Government's report for the period ending 30 June 1988, containing an update of the information transmitted with the first report. It would be grateful if the Government would continue to provide information on any developments in the areas covered by the Convention, referring to the 1988 direct request and to the following points in particular:

1. Please provide additional information on the link between vocational guidance and vocational training policies and programmes and employment (Article 1 of the Convention), and indicate how effect is given to paragraph 4 of this Article.

2. Please provide particulars of the type of information made available for the purposes of vocational guidance as required by the provisions of this Article, and indicate more particularly how information and guidance is supplemented by information on general aspects of collective agreements and labour law (Article 3, paragraphs 2 and 3).