What is wage portage?

Aimed at different levels and professional categories, wage portage reconciles independent activity and the social benefits of an employee. Thus, the “supported” service provider supported by a wage portage company puts its expertise at the service of a client company. This system governed by the Labor Code has a specific operating mode that you need to know beforehand.

What is wage portage?

It is a set of conditions that allow workers independent and freelance to offer their service in complete autonomy. Thanks to this status, they have the freedom to choose their clients and to negotiate their terms of intervention. They are paid as employees within a company of wage portage and benefit from social protections. However, these professionals must fulfil a defined level of expertise in order to be able to engage in this form of work.

What does wage portage consist of?

It involves three main actors including the employee carried, the porterage company and the client company. The “ported” service provider is the natural person who offers his services. It maintains a collaboration through the wage portage company that hired him.

The latter remunerates him and offers him various forms of support. THE’ client company then benefits from the expertise of the service provider without being subject to various legal risks. It is also not required to prepare the various contractual documents.

What is the specific role of the wage portage company?

Its function is to manage the porting activity and must be registered as such. THE’ porterage company establishes the employment contract between employees carried and the client company. It also pays social contributions to the employee’s profits and communicates to him the monthly details of his remuneration. Within the framework of wage portage, employees must be subscribed to professional liability insurance. This company benefits from contract management fees.

For which professionals is wage portage suitable?

This working method is mainly adopted by employees in professional retraining, but it is aimed at a broad category of workers. the wage portage can be chosen by all business creators and freelance auto-entrepreneurs. Inasmuch as it’s a consultant, it is also an advantageous way to exercise your profession with more independence. With regard to specializations, it also affects various trades including in particular intellectual services. The most common are in the areas of human resources, marketing, management, finance, IT, real estate and coaching.

Wage portage: what are the different contracts?

Three types of documents are involved in the wage portage: the porting agreement between the worn consultant and the portage company provides for customer prospecting, profit shares for each party and invoicing. the mission contract between the client company and the employee carried mentions the type of mission, its duration and method of implementation, the remuneration for the service and the terms of payment. the employment contract is signed following these documents.

The advantage for an entrepreneur

The prospecting of customers is completely autonomous, which gives the employee carried the advantage of working in a field that suits their expertise. He is free to choose the sector in which he wishes to obtain a mission. He also masters his schedule in more flexible conditions than office hours. By choosing to be part of a wage portage company, several administrative procedures are avoided with regard to the acquisition of legal status. The porterage worker is exempt from the costs associated with setting up a business.

Wage portage: a means of securing your activity

In addition to being autonomous, the employee carried keeps a fixed monthly salary level and several benefits linked to social protection. It depends on the Social Security system associated with a provident fund and a collective company mutual insurance company. Within a wage portage company, the self-employed person can benefit from unemployment insurance. His retirement is planned and guaranteed thanks to his contribution. All these advantages are supported by the portage company that employs the ported provider.