The professional future of the beneficiaries of the integration clauses in public contracts after they leave the system.

Summary Provided for in the public procurement code, the integration clause is a tool for explicitly integrating social criteria into calls for tender. Companies awarded such contracts are obliged to offer a minimum number of working hours to people who are far from employment. This article aims to study the professional future of the beneficiaries of these clauses in the medium term (6 to 20 months later). To do this, a telephone survey was conducted with a representative panel of beneficiaries in the Lyon area. It emerged that some of the beneficiaries were able to secure their professional career with access to sustainable employment. Our study also shows that medium-term job retention seems to depend on the duration of the clause contract, its capacity to improve the beneficiaries' self-confidence and to help them acquire training.