Employment aid for occasional staff (« extras ») in hotels, cafés and restaurants

Article 139 of the 2007 Finance Act creates State aid for hotel, café and restaurant businesses with twenty or fewer employees (excluding contract catering) employing occasional staff on fixed-term contracts declared through the « titre emploi-entreprise ». Decree No. 2007-681 of 3 May 2007 (Official Journal of 5 May 2007) sets the aid at €1.50 per hour worked, up to €540 per business per calendar year, for contracts of no more than two days. It covers employment periods from 27 December 2006 to 31 December 2009; it is managed by the central agricultural social insurance fund and applications had to be filed by 30 June 2010.