Management of international workforce mobility, business immigration, and secondment of foreign employees in France, available in French and English.
Assistance for foreign companies in France
Are you a foreign company without a registered office in France employing staff in the country?
As such, you are required to file the necessary declarations and pay social security contributions, unemployment insurance, and other payroll-related taxes for your employees, as well as to apply French labour legislation. The lawyers at Majorelle Mobility assist you on a daily basis in managing your HR and employment law matters as part of your business development in France.
Foreign Company, you wish to hire employees in France.
We know from experience that French employment legislation is complex, and we are committed to providing you with practical, operational solutions throughout the employment relationship.
In this regard, it is highly likely that French labour law will apply to the international employment contract. French employees benefit from minimum rights provided by law (the Labour Code), often reinforced by national sector-specific collective bargaining agreements, which may apply simply based on the company’s activity and location.
Managing the termination of an employment contract can be particularly complex. An unfair dismissal may give rise to a claim for damages, which are capped according to the employee’s length of service. It is therefore strongly recommended to seek legal advice from a lawyer throughout such proceedings.
How Majorelle Mobility assists foreign companies?
Are you a foreign company without a registered office in France? Do your employees work fully remotely from France?
Does your French subsidiary not yet have an HR department?
Majorelle Mobility supports you in the day-to-day management of employment law and social security matters.
Support for hiring and managing employee relations in France
From the planning phase of your establishment in France, Majorelle Mobility assists you with all administrative procedures related to hiring employees, including:
- Performing necessary pre-employment declarations, organizing pre-employment medical examinations, and liaising with French administrations and social bodies (URSSAF/CNFE, health organizations, retirement bodies, etc.).
- Drafting fixed-term or permanent employment contracts in French or bilingual formats, ensuring the applied collective agreement aligns with your primary business activity in France.
- Informing you about legal obligations triggered by surpassing employee headcount thresholds in France (e.g., setting up employee representative bodies or drafting internal regulations).
- Conducting audits of risks and compliance for employment contracts, company agreements, policies, and charters.
- Managing immigration procedures.
- Advising foreign companies seconding employees to France.
- Defending you in cases of labor inspections/URSSAF audits or litigation before French courts.
1. Streamlining procedures during establishment in France
- Registration via the EEO Form
- Enrollment in the “Titre Firmes Etrangères (TFE)”—an optional Urssaf system simplifying social formalities for companies without a registered office in France.
- Pre-employment declaration (DPAE).
- Assistance in setting up complementary retirement, health, and insurance plans for employees working in France.
- Specific support for companies in the construction and public works sector (BTP).
- Guidance on hiring seafarers and offshore platform workers or wind farm employees.
2. Day-to-Day management of employee Relations in France
- Facilitating payroll management in France.
- Managing declarative obligations regarding labor law and social security: pre-employment declarations (DPAE), nominative social declarations (DSN), annual social data declarations (DADS), pre-employment medical examinations, and addressing headcount threshold impacts.
- Assisting with income tax declarations for employees sent to or from France (e.g., identifying tax residency, exemption rules for foreign income, or supplemental expatriation-related income). Partnering with tax specialists where necessary.
3. Risk assessment and recruitment compliance checks
- Ensuring compliance with French labor laws for seconded employees (e.g., working hours, minimum wage, mandatory rest periods).
- Anticipating tax issues related to the creation of a permanent establishment in France in collaboration with tax partners.
- Auditing employment contracts, service agreements, payslips, collective agreements, and group policies/charters.
- Managing personnel secondment: applying core protective rules for foreign workers in France, ensuring appropriate social security affiliation, and assisting with the issuance of A1 forms for seconded workers.
Browse all our global mobility training programmes
Majorelle Mobility offers tailor-made training programmes in global mobility and business immigration, available both in-house and through inter-company sessions throughout France. These programmes are delivered in French or English and aim to provide directly applicable knowledge to strengthen in-company expertise.
They are designed for:
- Legal, HR, and Executive Management teams (CEO/CFO), in France or abroad
- Foreign companies employing staff in France
Majorelle is Qualiopi-certified, ensuring high-quality training programmes that are recognised and eligible for public funding to facilitate financial coverage.