July 5 marked the end of the possibility of transferring individual training rights (DIF), acquired before December 2014, to the personal training account (CPF), which replaced the old system from 2015. According to According to the information transmitted by the Ministry of Labor
to the Parisian
, 8.5 billion euros were transferred to the accounts for the hours acquired, ie a total of 7.28 million people who made this transfer.
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The amount of acquired rights which were not transferred on time and are now lost has not been communicated.
However, as of June 1, only 6.3 million employees had completed the process and 10 million still had to do so, according to a press release from the Federation of Vocational Training (FFP).
The loss then amounted to 12 billion euros, said the organization.
10 to 12 million euros in misappropriated training credits
The DIF hours acquired are converted into euros on the personal training account (CPF), one hour corresponding to 15 euros. For a person who has never used their DIF, this represents a maximum of 120 hours, or a potential balance of 1,800 euros. The amount on the CPF cannot exceed 5,000 euros.
Nice amounts which had encouraged training organizations to increase the number of calls and emails to employees in an attempt to convince them to undertake one.
It has happened that these solicitations are also scams.
10 to 12 million euros of training credits have been embezzled by cyber criminals for more than a year, according to the Caisse des Dépôts, which manages the personal training account (CFP).
Scams that have affected more than 10,000 user accounts.
To curb these abuses, the government is considering a law to ban telephone canvassing for vocational training.
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The Caisse des Dépôts is also trying to stem this phenomenon by setting up a training rating system. Like the reviews left on restaurants or hotels, an indicator between 0 and 5 is sent to each training action. A technology which also aims to highlight the best rated training courses and provides an element of comparison between similar training courses.
