An internship agreement is mandatory
A compulsory internship agreement ... no internship without an internship agreement.
All internships require the signature of an agreement between the student, the company and the educational establishment. The internship must have a pedagogical objective recognized by the institution.
Even if it is not an employment contract, the internship agreement does have legal value, binding the parties through written commitments. This gives the internship a legal framework and protects students in the event of accident, conflict or any other dispute.
An internship agreement must specify the following elements:
+ The definition of the activities entrusted to the trainee in relation to the training objectives, start and end dates of the internship,
+ The maximum weekly period of presence of the trainee in the company (his presence, if applicable, at night, on Sundays or public holidays must be indicated), The amount of the gratuity paid to the trainee and the terms and conditions of its payment,
+ A list of any benefits offered by the company to the trainee, in particular with regard to meals, accommodation or reimbursement of expenses incurred in carrying out the internship,
+ The social protection scheme from which the trainee benefits (including protection in the event of an industrial accident and, if necessary, the obligation for the trainee to report to the company's social security department), + A list of the benefits offered by the company to the trainee, in particular with regard to meals, accommodation or reimbursement of expenses incurred in carrying out the internship, the trainee's obligation to provide proof of civil liability insurance),
+ the conditions under which the trainee will be supervised by those responsible for the internship, one representing the establishment, the other the company,
+ the conditions for issuing an "attestation of internship" and, if applicable, the conditions for validating the internship for the company, how the internship will be validated for the purposes of obtaining the diploma being prepared,
+ how the internship may be suspended or terminated,
+ the conditions under which the intern is authorized to take time off work, in particular to meet obligations certified by the educational establishment,
+ the clauses of the company's internal rules applicable to the intern, where such exist.
Please note that interns retain their student status for the duration of the internship.
Even if it is not an employment contract, the internship agreement does have legal force, binding the parties by written undertakings. This gives the internship a legal framework, and protects students in the event of accident, conflict or any other dispute.
Finally, the requirement for an agreement prevents certain malicious companies from disguising real jobs as fake internships: it's also a matter of doing justice to all the companies that are committed to working alongside students.
Source: www.service-public.fr