Arkevia stores pay slips on behalf of many French companies, but a significant proportion of employees never activate their digital safe. The result: documents that are theoretically accessible but practically impossible to find. Understanding what distinguishes a simple automatic deposit from a truly managed handling of pay slips with Arkevia requires looking beyond the login interface.
Portability of Arkevia pay slips after departure: what the law says
Most guides on Arkevia detail the login procedure or password reset. Few address the real question for employees: what happens to my pay slips if I leave the company?
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The framework is set by the texts from Ordinance No. 2016-131 of February 10, 2016. A digital HR safe must guarantee the portability of documents after the end of the employment contract. In practical terms, the employee retains access to their pay slips for a minimum of 50 years or until they turn 75, according to CNIL recommendations.
This obligation changes the very nature of the service. Arkevia is not a tool linked to an employer: it is a personal space that follows the career. An employee who changes companies three times in ten years can find all their pay slips in one place, provided that each employer has used the same provider or that inter-safe portability works.
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To manage your Arkevia pay slips over time, the first useful action is to verify that your access remains functional regardless of your professional email address. Too many employees discover the problem at the time of departure when the @company.fr address is deactivated.
Right to oppose digital pay slips: deadlines and consequences
The Labor Code requires the employer to inform the employee at least one month before the implementation of the dematerialization of pay slips. This notice period is rarely mentioned in competing articles, even though it conditions the legality of the system.
The employee has the right to oppose at any time, without justification. Exercising this right means that the employer must revert to paper delivery for the concerned individual.
| Situation | Pay slip format | Action required from the employee |
|---|---|---|
| Employer goes digital | Electronic by default | None (unless opposed) |
| Employee exercises their right to oppose | Paper | Notify the employer (by mail or email) |
| Employee leaves the company | Archived electronic | Check access to the safe |
| Safe inaccessible after departure | Risk of loss | Contact Arkevia support |
Opposition remains marginal in practice. The majority of employees accept the electronic format without thinking, which makes proactive verification of their Arkevia space all the more useful.
Arkevia integration into HRIS: automatic feeding and limits
Since the generalization of the DSN (Nominative Social Declaration), digital safes like Arkevia integrate natively into companies’ HRIS. The pay slip goes directly from the payroll software to the employee’s safe, without any intermediate human handling.
This automation significantly reduces the risks of forgetting or losing documents. However, it creates a blind spot: the employee receives their pay slips without systematic notification, depending on the configuration chosen by the employer.
Checks to perform on your Arkevia space
- Ensure that each month is indeed listed in the history, especially after a change of payroll software on the employer’s side, a period when automatic flows may break
- Regularly download your pay slips locally (PDF on computer or USB stick) to have an independent copy of the safe
- Make sure that the recovery email address is a personal address, not a professional address that may be deleted
Feedback from HR directors published in specialized press confirms a notable decrease in duplicate requests since the implementation of digital safes. The issue has shifted: fewer lost pay slips, but more employees unable to connect to their space after several years of inactivity.
Long-term archiving with Arkevia: probative value and precautions
A pay slip archived in a compliant digital safe has a probative value identical to that of the paper document. This equivalence is based on the integrity of the file: timestamping, absence of modification, traceability of the deposit.
The guaranteed retention period by Arkevia reaches 50 years, in accordance with regulatory requirements. This figure far exceeds the mandatory retention period of pay slips by the employer (five years according to the Labor Code). The safe thus protects the employee well beyond what the law imposes on the company.
What the probative value implies in practice
When applying for a mortgage, calculating retirement rights, or in an employment tribunal dispute, a pay slip extracted from Arkevia is admissible without additional formalities. The condition: that the document has not been modified after deposit, which the system guarantees by design.
The residual risk does not come from technology but from usage. An employee who loses their credentials without a valid recovery address may find themselves blocked. The recovery procedure then goes through support, with variable delays depending on the workload.
Keeping a record of your Arkevia credentials in a personal password manager remains the most effective precaution. The digital safe fulfills its role of secure archiving, provided that the entry door remains accessible to its owner.