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Pioneer Semences absorbs 17 Corteva staff onto its own status
Pioneer Semences puts 17 Corteva-transferred staff on its own status, with working-time transition to 31 December 2026, leave balances to 2027 and seniority counted by anniversary.
By Taxxa AI OyPublished 9 November 2026
The 17 employees transferred from Corteva Agriscience France SAS to Pioneer Semences SASLegifrance
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Legifrance under a substitution agreement
Legifrance signed at Aussonne on 23 October 2026
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Legifrance. The transfer, automatic under article L. 1224-1 du Code du travail as part of the carve-out of Corteva's seed and crop-health businesses into New Corteva for crop health and Vylor, formerly SpinCo, for seeds, had called the transferred employees' former Corteva status into question under article L. 2261-14
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From the agreement's entry into force, only Pioneer's collective status applies to the transferred staff, subject to the transitional measures below.Legifrance All Corteva Agriscience France rules of any source cease to apply to them
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Legifrance, already denounced by Corteva before the transfer, ends on 31 December 2026 as previously notified
Legifrance. Transferred staff already use Pioneer's supplementary social-protection schemes since 1 August 2026.
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On working time, hour-counted transferred staff keep the 22 January 2024 Corteva Guyancourt working-time agreementLegifrance until 31 December 2026
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Legifrance, notably the 18 February 2000 reduction and organisation agreement and the substitution agreement partially applying the CCNIC of 10 May 2019. Day-counted transferred staff move without transition to Pioneer's 1 September 2023 forfait-jours, paid-leave and exceptional-leave agreement
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On leave-transition balances, Corteva's 6 July 2022 agreement had shifted reference periods to the calendar yearLegifrance with a four-year transition letting staff use pre-1 January 2023 leave balances either by taking them alongside current-year leave or by funding PEROB or PERCOL retirement-savings plans up to ten days a year after taking at least four weeks' leave
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Legifrance. Pioneer's equivalent 1 September 2023 agreement runs its transition to 31 December 2027
Legifrance. Transferred staff take the longer Pioneer deadline
Legifrance: any leave reliquat balance at signature may be cleared up to 31 December 2027 under Pioneer's terms
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On pre-retirement leave from age 59Legifrance, Corteva's 28 March 2024 substitution agreement let extra CCNIC days be taken within the calendar-year leave period with exceptional HR-approved carryover
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On seniority bonuses, eligible Ouvrier/Employé and Technicien/Agent de maîtrise staffLegifrance move exclusively to Pioneer's seniority-bonus rates, valuation and cap
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The agreement is open-endedLegifrance, with interpretation meetings within a month of a request and explanatory notes adopted unanimously within a month, litigation suspended meanwhile; a review meeting within two months of any substantial legal change; and revision or denunciation on three months' notice. It is notified to the representative unions and filed via TéléAccords and with the conseil de prud'hommes of the place of signing.
Legal basis: Accord de substitution au sein de la société Pioneer Semences SAS dans le cadre de l'autonomisation des activités de semences et de santé végétale, articles L. 1224-1, L. 2261-14, L. 2231-6 et D. 2231-2 et suivants du Code du travail.
Apply Pioneer status to the 17 transferred staff with the stated transitions and move seniority to the anniversary date on 1 January 2027.