HR Consulting In France

• Seamlessly manage your company’s HR processes
• Foster employee relations in your organization to attain business goals
• Outsource HR support and focus on core business expertise

The Advantages Of Outsourcing HR In France

If you wish to enter the French market with minimum investment and in-house recruitment, availing of HR consulting services can help.

The core functions of an HR (Human Resources) consultant include talent management, recruitment for the company, and ensuring smooth operations of the company’s internal work.

Setting up an in-house HR team to look after employee relations can incur higher costs. It also requires more time to find people fit for the position of an HR manager or team member.

An outsourced HR agency has recruitment professionals looking after the company’s hiring processes. They also have a management team for day-to-day operations. A reliable HR outsourcing company will integrate effortlessly with your existing payroll operations as well. In short, they act as an extension of your core business team, looking after all HR processes.

Choose Edge As Your HR Partner In France

Edge offers end-to-end HR systems and talent management for your company. Our professionals understand the French market for different business industries. We have innovative solutions to the widespread problems businesses face while expanding their international network.

The greatest advantage we offer is the seamless integration of your company’s HR consulting services with our cost-effective payroll outsourcing. As we take the responsibility of both payroll and HR services, we gain better insights into your employee satisfaction levels.

We provide these insights to you whenever needed so that you can make better decisions for your company’s growth strategy. After all, the happier employees are at their workplace, the better the outcome.

Our Core HR Support And Services

• We look after the employment contracts for all your new recruitments.

Our talent management team shortlists the most eligible candidates (resident and non-resident) and conducts the interview process. We judge the applicants on their skills, qualifications, alignment with core company values, integrity, and other parameters. This ensures that only the top talent joins your workforce and gives their best.

• We ensure the satisfaction of all your employees.

Jobs are often demanding, and when pressure mounts, the state of mind governs critical thinking, productivity, and work efficiency. Put simply, if an employee is happy being a part of your company, he will readily push his abilities and perform better. Thus, employee relations matter when it comes to performing at their peak.

• We optimize and guide your organization’s design.

As your HR consultant, Edge helps improve the structural framework of all departments in your company. Our expertise lies in optimizing the organization to extract maximum results through synergy.

In simple terms, imagine your marketing team has not performed as expected in the last quarter. We conduct regular reporting sessions, train the marketing team members, and add more efficient employees from other departments or via fresh recruitments. All these efforts would bring about a cumulative improvement in the next quarter of the financial year. We also offer business consulting strategies from our experts.

• We manage and resolve all employee concerns (like insurance, leave, dues, etc.).

HR consultants working in our dedicated team manage all queries and issues faced by your company’s employees. We have a separate international support desk for catering to problems faced by non-resident French employees.

• We ensure regulatory compliance with all local work laws.

Every country has specific work laws that need to be respected when signing the employment contract and during the service period. Our expertise ensures that you always stay compliant with the local guidelines.

• We take care of employment contract termination and settlements.

In some cases, employees may be eligible for severance pay (or notice pay) at the time of contract termination. Our HR professionals at Edge take care of all paperwork and formalities associated with terminating employment contracts.

Our Additional HR Processes

Apart from the core services mentioned above, our clients enjoy the following additional benefits.

• Executive Search

Commonly known as ‘headhunting,’ we scout for suitable candidates, apart from fresh recruits, in case you need senior-level or executive employees in your company.

• Payroll Integration

We offer combined payroll and HR services under one umbrella. Needless to say, it increases the efficiency of our HR systems and consulting services. Our HR technology uses two different payroll and management software, which can be seamlessly integrated at the back end to offer an end-to-end solution. This is an integral part of our HR function.

• Tax Management

Edge ensures that your company stays up-to-date with corporate income taxes and deadlines, ensuring compliance at all times.

• Legal Support

In the long run, certain untoward circumstances might drag the company’s name into legal grounds. At Edge, we have a legal consultant team at your service if any unforeseen incidents occur.

Work Laws In France

It is integral to have an overview of the existing employment rules in France before venturing into the market. Non-compliance can lead to severe consequences for a new company and impact its growth beyond repair.

Work Leave And Minimum Payroll Needs

Full-time employees are entitled to different types of work leave.

Types Of Work Leave

• Annual Leave – Employees working a 35-hour workweek can take up to 5 weeks of paid annual leave per year. This roughly translates to 2.5 days of paid leave for every month of service. However, employees can only take up to 24 days of annual leave consecutively unless agreed upon by the employer.
• Parental Leave – Maternity leave incorporates at least 16 weeks of paid leave (8 weeks before and 8 weeks after childbirth). Male employees can take paternity leave for 28 days at the birth of a child. They are almost always paid 100% of their salary during this period.
• Sick Leave – The duration and rate of pay for sick leave vary according to the internal policies of a company and the local societal norms. Employees require a medical certificate for an extended period of leave.

Minimum Wages In France

The current minimum wage for all formal jobs in France is €10.25 per hour. This equals €1,554.58 per month (considering an average workweek to be 35 hours long). A company’s HR and payroll management team must ensure that they meet these minimum wages for employment.

Overtime Compensation

The most unique aspect of overtime work in France is their ‘annual overtime quota’ set at 220 hours. Working more than the stipulated hours in the annual overtime quota requires special arrangements with the government.

The legal duration of the workweek is typically 35 hours. Overtime work is compensated at 125% of the regular hourly wage for the first eight hours and 150% for each additional hour.

Severance Pay Rules And Termination of Contract

The employment contract can be terminated either by the company or an employee. In both cases, the stipulated notice period (as mentioned in the employment contract) needs to be respected.

The duration of the notice period is subject to various factors, such as the reason for termination (misconduct, deceitful behavior, company policies, etc.) and length of service.

In cases where an employee is terminated without any fault of his own, they may be entitled to receive severance pay. The amount can range anywhere between one month’s wages for the first year of service and a full month’s wages for every year thereafter.

Additional compensation may be awarded in cases of unfair dismissal.