Public employment and ethics · France and Switzerland : separate country-labelled rules
Public fixed-term contracts: renewal and continuity
Public fixed-term employment needs the applicable employer framework, recruitment basis and complete contract history. Repeated contracts do not automatically establish permanent status. French public-service rules and Swiss federal fixed-term provisions differ from private employment and from each other. The timeline separates renewals, interruptions and legal basis without treating an indefinite contract as French tenure or promising automatic conversion in every Swiss public body.
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Which contract sequence is documented?
Keep dates, amendments, grounds and employers. Total duration alone does not establish all conditions.
Read the referencesYour question concerns “Public fixed-term contracts: renewal and continuity”. I can help organise the facts and records. Which document have you received or prepared, and is this a French or Swiss matter?
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Which French public employer and recruitment ground apply?
Identify branch and contractual provision. State and territorial rules do not govern every public fixed term identically.
Code général de la fonction publique art.L332-4Code général de la fonction publique art.L332-9172.220.1 : Art. 9 Durée172.220.111.3 : Art. 28 Rapports de travail de durée déterminée172.220.1 : Art. 2 Champ d’application172.220.111.3 : Art. 1 Objet et champ d’application
Which contract sequence is documented?
Keep dates, amendments, grounds and employers. Total duration alone does not establish all conditions.
Which duties and interruptions matter?
L332-4 includes job-category and employer conditions. Do not assume every period can be accumulated.
Which records are still missing from your file?
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Point to complete: Renewal or ending. Separate expiry, express offer and received decision. Possible renewal is not automatic continuation.
- Public employer and fixed-term ground
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- Successive contracts
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- Functions and interruptions
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- Renewal or ending
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- Which renewal or ending decision exists?
This worksheet organises records; it does not establish admissibility, entitlement or a procedural outcome.
Which renewal or ending decision exists?
Separate expiry, express offer and received decision. Possible renewal is not automatic continuation.
Which documents answer which questions?
| Record or information | Issue to check |
|---|---|
| Public employer and fixed-term ground | Identify branch and contractual provision. State and territorial rules do not govern every public fixed term identically. |
| Successive contracts | Keep dates, amendments, grounds and employers. Total duration alone does not establish all conditions. |
| Functions and interruptions | L332-4 includes job-category and employer conditions. Do not assume every period can be accumulated. |
| Renewal or ending | Separate expiry, express offer and received decision. Possible renewal is not automatic continuation. |
Code général de la fonction publique art.L332-4Code général de la fonction publique art.L332-9172.220.1 : Art. 9 Durée172.220.111.3 : Art. 28 Rapports de travail de durée déterminée172.220.1 : Art. 2 Champ d’application172.220.111.3 : Art. 1 Objet et champ d’application
Does six years always create a French permanent contract?
No. L332-4 and the covered territorial L332-9 branch have separate conditions. Indefinite contract also differs from titularisation.
Code général de la fonction publique art.L332-4Code général de la fonction publique art.L332-9172.220.1 : Art. 9 Durée172.220.111.3 : Art. 28 Rapports de travail de durée déterminée172.220.1 : Art. 2 Champ d’application172.220.111.3 : Art. 1 Objet et champ d’application
How does Swiss federal duration differ?
LPers 9 has ordinary three-year and uninterrupted-successive-contract rules with category exceptions; OPers 28 prohibits circumvention. No French six-year test is imported.
Code général de la fonction publique art.L332-4Code général de la fonction publique art.L332-9172.220.1 : Art. 9 Durée172.220.111.3 : Art. 28 Rapports de travail de durée déterminée172.220.1 : Art. 2 Champ d’application172.220.111.3 : Art. 1 Objet et champ d’application
Which official provision helps explain this situation?
Lorsque ces contrats sont conclus pour une durée déterminée, cette durée est au maximum de trois ans. Ils sont renouvelables par reconduction expresse dans la limite d'une durée maximale de six ans.
In plain English: No. L332-4 and the covered territorial L332-9 branch have separate conditions. Indefinite contract also differs from titularisation.
Which version and special category need checking?
Use actual dates, employer scope and applicable exceptions. Neither a calendar total nor a brief break decides every case automatically.
What does the fixed-term chronology deliver?
It organises ground, employer, duties and periods. It guarantees neither renewal nor conversion.
What other questions arise in this file?
Which contract sequence is documented?
Keep dates, amendments, grounds and employers. Total duration alone does not establish all conditions.
Code général de la fonction publique art.L332-4Code général de la fonction publique art.L332-9172.220.1 : Art. 9 Durée172.220.111.3 : Art. 28 Rapports de travail de durée déterminée172.220.1 : Art. 2 Champ d’application172.220.111.3 : Art. 1 Objet et champ d’application
Which renewal or ending decision exists?
Separate expiry, express offer and received decision. Possible renewal is not automatic continuation.
Code général de la fonction publique art.L332-4Code général de la fonction publique art.L332-9172.220.1 : Art. 9 Durée172.220.111.3 : Art. 28 Rapports de travail de durée déterminée172.220.1 : Art. 2 Champ d’application172.220.111.3 : Art. 1 Objet et champ d’application
Does six years always create a French permanent contract?
No. L332-4 and the covered territorial L332-9 branch have separate conditions. Indefinite contract also differs from titularisation.
Code général de la fonction publique art.L332-4Code général de la fonction publique art.L332-9172.220.1 : Art. 9 Durée172.220.111.3 : Art. 28 Rapports de travail de durée déterminée172.220.1 : Art. 2 Champ d’application172.220.111.3 : Art. 1 Objet et champ d’application
Which version and special category need checking?
Use actual dates, employer scope and applicable exceptions. Neither a calendar total nor a brief break decides every case automatically.
Code général de la fonction publique art.L332-4Code général de la fonction publique art.L332-9172.220.1 : Art. 9 Durée172.220.111.3 : Art. 28 Rapports de travail de durée déterminée172.220.1 : Art. 2 Champ d’application172.220.111.3 : Art. 1 Objet et champ d’application
Which official references should you consult?
- Code général de la fonction publique art.L332-4Légifrance
- Code général de la fonction publique art.L332-9Légifrance
- 172.220.1 : Art. 9 DuréeFedlex
- 172.220.111.3 : Art. 28 Rapports de travail de durée déterminéeFedlex
- 172.220.1 : Art. 2 Champ d’applicationFedlex
- 172.220.111.3 : Art. 1 Objet et champ d’applicationFedlex
Texts cited last checked: 1 November 2026