It’s a type of job that has crossed your mind before, but you’re still on the fence.<\/p>\n
Here are 5 common misconceptions that we’ve tried to address to help you better understand the issue.<\/p>\n
FALSE<\/strong>: Since March 24, 2010, the portage program has been open to both executives and non-executives, and contractors are free to choose their status.<\/p>\n \n FALSE<\/strong>: Whether for foreign companies or French companies based abroad, a contractor can work wherever they choose!<\/p>\n \n FALSE<\/strong>: Holding multiple statuses and engaging in multiple activities are, in fact, one of the advantages of this new form of employment!<\/p>\n \n FALSE<\/strong>: That is the very principle behind umbrella employement. A contractor enjoys the same rights as a traditional employee: health insurance, workers\u2019 compensation, sick leave, unemployment benefits, retirement benefits, training, and more… <\/p>\n \n <\/strong>FALSE<\/strong>: The administrative procedures are fairly simple and quick; they depend mainly on how responsive the company chosen by the future contractor is!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It’s a type of job that has crossed your mind before, but you’re still on the fence. Here are 5 common misconceptions that we’ve tried to address to help you better understand the issue. Umbrella employement is reserved for executives! FALSE: Since March 24, 2010, the portage program has been open to both executives and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"both","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":301,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_seopress_news_disabled":"","_seopress_video_disabled":"","_seopress_video":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas_manual":[],"_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable_all":"","_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas":[],"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"article--metier":[86],"solution":[74,75],"class_list":["post-7425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-non-classifiee","article--metier-portage","solution-vsa-en","solution-vsp-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/veryswing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/veryswing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/veryswing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/veryswing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/veryswing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7425"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/veryswing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":135024,"href":"https:\/\/veryswing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7425\/revisions\/135024"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/veryswing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/veryswing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/veryswing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/veryswing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7425"},{"taxonomy":"article--metier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/veryswing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article--metier?post=7425"},{"taxonomy":"solution","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/veryswing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/solution?post=7425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}A contractor may work only in France.<\/h2>\n
It is not possible to work under an umbrella employement arrangement while also holding a salaried job.<\/h2>\n
A self-employed contractor and a regular employee do not enjoy the same level of protection.<\/h2>\n
The process of becoming a contractor under a staffing agency is long and complicated.<\/h2>\n