Wage portage: what does the law say?
The practice of wage portage has existed for several decades in France, but it was not officially until 2008 that the specificities of this practice were recognized by law.
Wage portage is exclusively reserved for executives.
Wage portage: how does it work?
Wage portage depends on a relationship between 3 actors :
- an individual customer or a corporate customer;
- a carried speaker;
- a carrier company.
The hired worker can carry out his activity independently and does not need to set up a legal structure, or even register as a freelancer. He takes care of finding and canvassing his clients. As a freelancer, the person carried leads:
- price negotiations;
- the definition of the mission…
Once the negotiation is complete, two contracts are established :
- the first is a service contract between the umbrella company and the customer;
- the second is a work contract between the portage company and the worker (the ported worker).
The portage company takes care of the invoicing and collection of the services issued by the service provider and deducts management fees from each invoice paid. The portage company remunerates the speaker every month.
The portage contract can be a classic fixed-term contract (18 months maximum), a fixed-term fixed-term contract or a permanent contract.
The benefits of wage portage
Wage portage is aimed primarily at service and expertise professionsspecializing in:
- the board ;
- auditing;
- Training ;
- animation…
Certain professions such as those specializing in real estate are also widely open to wage portage.
In general, the wage portage system allows a worker to safely test the viability of a service company project while building up his own clientele. Being still employed, he keeps the advantages linked to this status: social protection, unemployment and retirement contributions… The umbrella company also assumes the Professional Liability speaker’s activities.