In principle, essential information relating to the employment relationship must be communicated no later than the first day of work.
If one or more essential elements of the student contract have not been provided beforehand, they must, in any case, be given to the pupil or student in the form of one or more documents during a period starting on the first working day and ending, at the latest, on the seventh calendar day, for the following information:
the last name, first name, date of birth, and home address of the pupil or student;
the last name, first name, and address of the employer, or if the employer is a legal entity, the company name and registered office;
the start and end dates of the contract;
the nature of the job and, where applicable, a description of the functions or tasks assigned at the time of hiring, as well as the place of work or, in the absence of a fixed or predominant workplace, the principle that the pupil or student will work in various locations, particularly abroad, or will be free to determine the place of work, along with the registered office or, if applicable, the employer’s domicile;
the daily and weekly working hours, terms related to overtime and its remuneration, and, where applicable, all terms related to shift changes;
the agreed salary, considering the provisions of Article L. 151-5 and, where applicable, all salary supplements, benefits, bonuses or profit-sharing agreements, which must be specified separately;
the timing and methods of salary payment.
The following information must also be provided at the latest within one month from the first working day, or if the contract lasts less than a month, by the last day of work:
the procedure to be followed by both the employer and the pupil or student in case of termination of the employment contract, including any formal requirements;
the identity of the social security institution(s) receiving the contributions and the relevant social protection scheme;
where applicable, mention of the collective agreements governing the pupil or student’s working conditions, or, in the case of agreements concluded outside the company by specific joint bodies or institutions, the names of those bodies or institutions;
where applicable, the training rights granted by the employer.
If the employer fails to comply within the maximum time limits mentioned above, the pupil or student may, within fifteen days following notification of a formal request that remained unanswered, submit a simple petition to the president of the labour court. The court will decide urgently and summarily, after hearing or duly summoning the parties, and may order the employer - including under penalty - to provide the missing information.