Home » HR practices » Professional development » Legal developments » National legislation » France : government introduces two flexible job contracts France : government introduces two flexible job contracts French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin announced earlier this week that he was to introduce a bill creating two new job contracts. The most significant, called “first job contract”, will be intended to employees under 26 years old, in companies with more than 20 employees. The government’s official goal is to take on the sky-high unemployment rate of youngsters in France (23% of them are unemployed). (Ref 0640) Through . Published on 18 January 2006 à 17h55 - Update on 17 March 2013 à 19h09 Resources This new contract will stay within the framework of the “permanent contract” which is the most common job contract in France. But the trial period for employees (it will be called a consolidation period) will last two years,… Need more info ? Contact mind's on-demand study service Which service do you want to contact :WritingCommercial serviceTechnical SupportFirst name Last name Organization Function email* Object of the message Your messageEmailThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Essentials Les dernières publications Supporting parenthood in the workplace: a win-win strategy Supporting employee carers: a CSR challenge Analyzes Les dernières publications Paternity leave: data observations from 41 countries EU: during H1 2022 five EU Member States have raised their minimum salary levels