Céreq Bref, n° 474-475, September 2025, 8 p .

Voluntary contributions to employees’ personal training accounts: a balance between ignorance and strategic use

Published on
4 September 2025

Since 2020, employers have been able to contribute to their employees’ personal training accounts ‘on a voluntary basis’ to help fund a training project. However, this scheme remains underused as only 2.3% of companies with over ten employees have taken advantage of it. The use of the scheme can be categorised into four types of human resources management, ranging from opportunistic to strategic mobilisation. The obstacles to implementation highlight potential levers for action: providing information, offering support and encouraging co-construction could lead to a win-win agreement for employers and their employees.

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