Working at INRAE Also Means Enjoying Many Benefits!

Social policy

Join an institute that cares for its people – at work and beyond. INRAE offers:

• Comprehensive health and welfare coverage
• Family support and parental leave
• Staff catering and leisure activities
• Housing, mobility, and disability inclusion measures

Work cycles and leave

If you work full time there are two options that take into account how work is organised. Your chosen option impacts the amount of additional paid leave (RTT) days you will receive. Your options are:

• 36-hour-week cycle: you will receive 30 days of annual leave,
• 38-hour-40-minute-week cycle: you will receive 30 days of annual leave plus 15 days of RTT.

You have the option to request that your job be a part-time position. You can ask to work 50%, 60%, 70% or 80% of full-time hours. Your leave is reduced based on your working hours and the number of days worked per week.

Part-time work status is automatically granted (i.e., it cannot be refused by the administration) in the following situations: for the birth of each child up to age three, or the adoption of each child for three years following the child’s arrival in the home; to care for your partner, a child or a parent with a disability requiring a third person to be present or who has been the victim of an accident or serious illness; if the civil servant has a disability.

In all other situations, part-time status is granted depending on the department’s needs and may be refused.

Remote working

To take account of changes in society and respond to the aspirations of staff who are looking to improve their work-life balance, INRAE offers opportunities for remote working.

Remote working means the voluntary and regular organisation of work where functions that might have been carried out by a staff member in the centre to which he or she belongs are completed off the premises, either at home or via a remote working platform.

In principle, remote working applies to all professions and all functions.

Eligible activities are defined on a case-by-case basis by the staff members themselves in agreement with the Unit Director and team leaders, based on a remote working application made by the staff member.

Remote working is based on voluntary choice by the staff member. It cannot be imposed on an staff member. Similarly, a staff member cannot force his or her structure to accept it.