What if you switched to portage salarial?

That’s it, you’ve finally decided to go freelance, but now comes the question of legal status… Micro-entreprise, Entreprise Individuelle, Entreprise Individuelle à Responsabilité Limitée, Entreprise Unipersonnelle à Responsabilité Limitée, Société Par Actions Simplifiée Unipersonnelle (France’s various sole-trader and single-owner company forms)… So why not portage salarial (France’s umbrella company arrangement)?

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This last option is often little known, and yet it comes with many advantages.

Never heard of it? That’s normal, it’s reserved for the best ;) This status, written into the French Labour Code by the ordinance of 2 April 2015, is intended for service providers who demonstrate expertise in a field of activity and a high degree of autonomy.

Halfway between independent and salaried worker, this status lets you combine all the advantages: the freedom to work however you like, on your own account, while keeping the security of a salaried worker, including unemployment insurance if things go wrong.

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By choosing this status, there’s no need to wait before you start working: the administrative formalities can be completed in just 24 hours.

Want more? No more end-of-month stress, chasing invoices or scrambling for cash flow! The portage company takes care of everything. You’ll receive a payslip at the end of each month, essential when you have a property project ;)

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More than 90,000 independents have chosen to work under portage. Their combined revenue represents nearly €1.5 billion. The health crisis boosted the number of career changes and the desire to find a new work/life balance. Add to that the spread of remote working: you no longer need to live in the same city as your clients.

All of these factors favour freelance activity, and portage salarial is no exception.

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In short, portage salarial means:

• starting work within 24 hours
• zero admin (no company registration, no accounting, nothing!)
• being covered by professional liability insurance
• no revenue ceiling
• deducting business expenses and recovering VAT
• enjoying the same social security cover as salaried workers (unemployment insurance, sickness, health, pension, etc.)
• building and managing your own client base

What if I’ve already set up my own structure? No problem! Legal statuses can be combined. If you’ve reached the €72,600 revenue ceiling for a micro-entreprise and want to bill some of your clients through a portage salarial company, that’s possible. Or if you have Pôle emploi (France’s public job-seeker agency) benefits you want to use up, still possible! The salary generated by your engagements can be paid to you on request, in one or several instalments: you choose the amount on your payslip.

Still have questions about portage? Contact me directly at [email protected]‍

Speak soon

Julie