Who we serve · Embassies & consulates
Local staff payroll handled with discretion and care
Your locally engaged staff fall under French law for most employment matters: contracts, payslips, Urssaf contributions, and since April 2020 mandatory unemployment insurance. OMAC produces reliable monthly payroll for your administrative team and keeps every obligation in order, with the discretion a diplomatic mission expects at every step.
The Vienna Convention itself provides that for staff not covered by the sending state's scheme, the mission observes the social security obligations of the receiving state. In France that means Urssaf affiliation, compliant payslips and, since 1 April 2020, mandatory unemployment insurance for employees covered by the French regime.
Case law is nuanced: French courts can and do hear disputes brought by locally engaged staff when the duties involved do not participate in the exercise of sovereignty. Each situation turns on its facts. OMAC helps you keep employment administration rigorous, the best protection against disputes, and works with the reserve your mission requires.
Your challenges
- Locally engaged staff covered by French labor law for most aspects of the employment relationship.
- Urssaf affiliation, and since 1 April 2020 mandatory unemployment insurance affiliation for local staff.
- Employment disputes that French courts can and do hear, within a nuanced legal framework.
How we help
- Payroll produced reliably every month, on time, for your locally engaged administrative team.
- Contracts, payslips and declarations kept in line with the French obligations that apply to local staff.
- A single discreet point of contact, working with your chancery in English or French.