Hiring your first employee in France
Real employer cost before the offer, the formalities that cannot be fixed later, then the first payslip line by line: three worked modules following Yanis's workshop. All the prose is free to read; only the quizzes are sold.
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By the end of this course, you can…
These outcomes are the modules' own: the promise cannot say anything the course does not teach.
- Move from gross salary to full employer cost, one component at a time.
- Locate the contribution bands and see why the average rate falls as pay rises.
- Tell a statutory rate apart from an input assumption, and know which one to refine.
- Sequence the mandatory formalities, from the pre-hire declaration to the staff register.
- Know which contract to write, and how quickly it must be handed over.
- Identify the obligations that outlive the probation period.
- Read a payslip and rebuild every total starting from gross pay.
- Separate net paid, taxable net and social net, and know what each is used for.
- Hold the monthly reporting calendar without being caught out by the deadlines.
The programme, module by module
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- Module 19 minFree — no accountPricing the real cost before the offer goes outWhat you will be able to do
- Move from gross salary to full employer cost, one component at a time.
- Locate the contribution bands and see why the average rate falls as pay rises.
- Tell a statutory rate apart from an input assumption, and know which one to refine.
- Module 28 minIncluded in the full courseThe formalities that cannot be fixed after the factWhat you will be able to do
- Sequence the mandatory formalities, from the pre-hire declaration to the staff register.
- Know which contract to write, and how quickly it must be handed over.
- Identify the obligations that outlive the probation period.
- Module 39 minIncluded in the full courseRunning the first payroll and holding the deadlinesWhat you will be able to do
- Read a payslip and rebuild every total starting from gross pay.
- Separate net paid, taxable net and social net, and know what each is used for.
- Hold the monthly reporting calendar without being caught out by the deadlines.
What you take away
A handout you keep, not just a page you read. The sections are derived from the course itself: what is announced here is exactly what gets generated.
Participant handout (PDF)
PDF
- Learning objectives (3)
- Key figures (3)
- Mistakes to avoid (3)
- Official sources (3)
Exercise workbook (Word)
Word
- Learning objectives (3)
- Key figures (3)
- Mistakes to avoid (3)
- Official sources (3)
Answers live in a separate appendix: the participant handout and the workbook stay distributable before the exercise.
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