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An intern is not an employee
Dated official sources, and the contents this module links to · 1 section
Official sources
- Service-public — Student internship in a workplace (F16734, checked 1 January 2026): the intern must sign an internship agreement, whose mandatory particulars cover the course of study, skills, activities, referring teacher and mentor, dates, weekly hours, allowance, supervision, benefits, social protection, suspension and termination, internal rules; six months at most per host organisation and per teaching year, reached at 924 hours of actual attendance; three interns at most at the same time in businesses with fewer than 20 employees, 15 % of headcount above; waiting period of one third of the previous internship's duration between two internships on the same post; an internship cannot replace an absent employee, carry out a regular task matching a permanent post, answer a temporary increase in workload or fill a seasonal job; the intern is accompanied by a mentor answerable for the educational objectives; the employer keeps the list of agreements up to date and enters interns in a specific part of the single staff register — verified on September 11, 2026
- Service-public Entreprendre — Internships, employer's obligations (F20559, checked 1 January 2026): businesses with fewer than 20 employees may host 3 interns at most at the same time; each mentor follows 3 interns at most over the same period — verified on September 11, 2026
- Service-public Entreprendre — Mandatory registers in the business (F1784, checked 5 February 2026): the single staff register carries mandatory particulars identifying employees, interns and civic service volunteers; for interns, surname and forenames, start and end dates of the workplace training period, surname and forenames of the mentor and the intern's place of attendance — verified on September 11, 2026
- urssaf.fr — Hosting a student intern (read through the fallback route, #174; updated 12 June 2026): the duration of the internship or internships completed by one intern in one host organisation cannot exceed six months per teaching year; the employer must keep the list of internship agreements up to date and enter the surnames and forenames of the interns in a specific part of the single staff register — verified on September 11, 2026
Every figure and its source
Every figure in this module anchored to a fiscal constant, with the official page that establishes it.
- Maximum internship duration per organisation and per teaching year — 6 months
service-public.gouv.fr · 2026 rules
Contents linked from this module
- Internship allowance calculator
Quantify the allowance due from the hours of actual attendance.
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