French International Assignment Form

Managing international employee assignments in France requires careful attention to legal distinctions between expatriation and detachment, particularly for URSSAF and social security compliance. This French International Assignment Form template provides HR teams and employers with a structured solution for documenting international mobility arrangements while ensuring regulatory compliance.

Why this form is essential for French businesses

When sending employees abroad or receiving foreign workers, French employers must navigate complex regulations around social security contributions, tax equalization, and assignment status. The distinction between expatriation (employee leaves French social security system) and detachment (employee remains in French social security system) has significant implications for both employer and employee obligations under French and EU law.

This template captures all essential information for URSSAF declarations, SIRET identification, assignment duration, compensation adjustments, and social security coverage decisions. It streamlines the administrative burden of international mobility while maintaining full compliance with French regulatory requirements.

Built for HR teams managing cross-border assignments

Whether you're an international company with French operations, a French business expanding globally, or an HR service provider managing mobility programs, this template helps you collect consistent, complete information for every international assignment. The form guides employees and HR through complex decisions around tax treatment, social security elections, and assignment logistics.

Paperform's conditional logic ensures that only relevant questions appear based on assignment type and duration, making the experience clearer for both assignees and administrators. With calculation fields, you can even preview tax equalization adjustments or cost estimates directly in the form.

Automate your assignment workflow with Stepper

Once an international assignment form is submitted, there's typically a multi-step approval and setup process: manager approval, legal review, payroll adjustments, immigration support, and vendor coordination. With Stepper, you can automate this entire workflow—routing approvals based on assignment value or destination, triggering URSSAF declarations, updating your HRIS, and ensuring nothing falls through the cracks as your employee prepares for their international role.

Secure, compliant, and integration-ready

This template is built on Paperform's SOC 2 Type II compliant platform, with data residency controls suitable for French and EU regulatory requirements. Connect submissions directly to your HRIS, payroll systems, or document management tools through native integrations or Stepper workflows, keeping your assignment data secure and synchronized across your HR tech stack.