The Law of March 5, 2014 amended the functioning of the DIF from January 1, 2015. The DIF will be replaced by the Individual Training Account (CPF) and will be managed by the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (Deposits and Consignments Fund) rather than by the participant’s firm.
01/31/2015, each employee received from his employer a notification stating the number of hours acquired for DIF 12/31/2015.
The employee must notify this number of hours in his Individual Training Account, which he creates by himself on the following web site : http://www.moncompteformation.gouv.fr/
Non-spent hours for DIF can be saved for 5 years as part of CPF.
For the employee :
The employee can chose to mobilise his DIF hours as part of CPF so as to follow a diploming, qualifying course, or a Validation of Acquired Experience path(*) :
- Outside working hours : the employee deals himself with his request on the following web site: http://www.moncompteformation.gouv.fr/ and will follow an outside working hours program without asking for his employer agreement
- During working hours : the employee deals himself with his request on the following web site : http://www.moncompteformation.gouv.fr/ and asks for his employer consent for DIF (course content, planning).
If the number of acquired hours is insuffcient to cover all the course, the company can complete the financing with an adapted device (see further "employer-initiated schemes").
For the non-employee seeking for a job :
The hours spent for DIF can be saved for five years as part of CPF.
When a job seeker benefits from enough hours on his CPF to follow a course, his project is validated as an individual coaching during job-search activities (PPAE).
If the number of hours is insufficient, Pôle emploi or one of such institutions in charge of professional development consulting, appeals to supplementary financing available via a contribution and withdrawal system.
In both cases, the project must be validated by Pôle emploi.
For the employer :
The employee can chose to mobilise his DIF hours as part of CPF so as to follow a diploming, qualifying course, or a Validation of Acquired Experience path(*) :
- Outside working hours : the employee deals himself with his request on the following web site: http://www.moncompteformation.gouv.fr/ and will follow an outside working hours program without asking for his employer agreement
- During working hours : the employee deals himself with his request on the following web site : http://www.moncompteformation.gouv.fr/ and asks for his employer consent for DIF (course content, planning).
Financing when the hours credit is insufficient on the CPF :
The CPF can be subjected to supplementary hours, which can be financed by : the employer, his tutor, an OCPA according to a branch agreement or an interprofessional OCPA, an OPACIF, the organization in charge of the management of the individual account of the prevention of drudgery, the government, the regions, Agefiph.
(*) Do not hesitate to consult us for the implementation of this device and to know our eligible courses.