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CSE training rights spelled out: durations, pay, cost caps
The service-public CSE guide now details member training: health-and-safety courses of 5 days on a first mandate and 3 on renewal, employer-funded on paid working time, plus a 5-day economic course.
By Taxxa AI OyPublished 7 October 2026
Staff representatives elected to the comité social et économique (CSE) in companies with 11 or more employees train on the employer's time and at the employer's expenseService Public
Service Public. The service-public guide to the CSE, verified on 7 October 2026, now sets out those training rights in dedicated sections for each company-size band, with a further split at 300 employees on renewal
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Every CSE member receives health, safety and working-conditions training lasting at least 5 days during a first mandate and at least 3 days when the mandate is renewedService Public
Service Public. Training time counts as working time, the employee keeps their pay, the hours are not deducted from delegation hours, and the employer funds the course
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On renewal in companies with 300 or more employees the guide distinguishes two groups: ordinary CSE members, who receive at least 3 days, and members of the commission santé, sécurité et conditions de travail (CSSCT), who receive at least 5 daysService Public
Service Public. The employer funds the training in both cases, on the same paid working-time terms
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Travel to the course is reimbursed up to the second-class rail fare for the shortest route between the establishment and the training venueService Public. Lodging and meals are covered up to the allowance set for fonctionnaires on temporary missions
Service Public. The Opco may contribute to teaching costs, pay within the Smic limit, and ancillary costs such as transport, meals and accommodation.
Separately, full members elected to the CSE for the first time receive an economic training course lasting no more than 5 daysService Public. A member who has held the mandate for 4 years, continuously or not, receives the economic course again, also capped at 5 days
Service Public. In companies with at least 50 employees the guide notes that first-time elected members may also take this economic course, funded by the CSE
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Legal basis: the new sections cite articles L2315-16 to L2315-18 of the Code du travail for training and article L2315-63 for economic training.
HR teams should diary the training entitlements for each newly elected CSE member — 5 days of health-and-safety training on a first mandate (3 days on renewal, 5 for CSSCT members in companies with 300 or more employees) on paid working time — and apply the second-class rail and fonctionnaire-mission caps to expense claims.