Press-printing leave: the 66 eligible jobs named by order

The arrêté du 16 septembre 2026, taken for article 191, I of the loi n° 2026-103 du 19 février 2026 de finances pour 2026Legifrance, names the jobs eligible for the congé d'accompagnement spécifique pour le maintien dans l'emploiLegifrance. Article 191 created the leave for employees on permanent contracts aged over 59Legifrance at the date the sauvegarde de l'emploi plan is approved or the rupture conventionnelle collective agreement is validatedLegifrance, who will qualify for a full-rate pension no later than the end of the schemeLegifrance and who hold one of the listed jobsLegifrance in a printing company contributing to daily-press productionLegifrance that has signed an agreement with the State directly or through its representative organisationLegifrance.

The listed jobs span the whole press-printing chain: expedition agentsLegifrance, production and routing aidesLegifrance, auxiliariesLegifrance, bobinage and plaque workLegifrance, maintenance and production cadresLegifrance, caristesLegifrance, printer-drivers across production and routing lines including polyvalent and pupitreur/rotativiste roles, factory or centre directorsLegifrance, print, maintenance and general-means employeesLegifrance, magasinage and logistics, CTPLegifrance, finishing-insertingLegifrance, paper-receipt and prepress/PAO operatorsLegifrance, polyvalent workersLegifrance, fabrication, production, quality, workshop and scheduling/methods managersLegifrance, dispatch, safety and quality officers, rotativistesLegifrance, supervisors and preparation technicians — 66 entriesLegifrance, with a duplicated production-operator line in the published text. The order will be published in the Journal officiel.

The scheme behind the list works as follows. The employer offers either a reclassification leave of at least nine months with dismissal envisaged under a sauvegarde de l'emploi plan, or a mobility leave of at least nine months within a rupture conventionnelle collectiveLegifrance — each requiring prior approval (agrément) by the minister for culture before validationLegifrance. Employees who have found no job when that first leave ends, and who still do not qualify for a full-rate pension, then enter the specific accompanying leaveLegifrance: notice is deferredLegifrance, the contract stays suspendedLegifrance, and the leave runs up to thirty-six monthsLegifrance with a monthly allowance paid by the employerLegifrance and, where approved, taken over by the State up to a duration, rate and yearly per-employee ceiling set by decreeLegifrance. During the leave the allowance is revalued with company wagesLegifrance, exempt from payroll tax and social contributions except CSG on replacement income and CRDSLegifrance, and the employee keeps profit-sharingLegifrance; work periods for another employer suspend leave and allowance, and the leave ends on request, on full-rate pension eligibility, on re-employment, or on unjustified breach of commitmentsLegifrance.

Legal basis: article 191, I of the loi n° 2026-103 du 19 février 2026 de finances pour 2026Legifrance, implemented by the arrêté du 16 septembre 2026Legifrance.