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French Labour Code
- Legislative part
  - Part Three: Working hours, pay, profit-sharing and employee savings schemes
    - Book I: Working hours, rest periods and holidays
      - Title II: Hours of work, distribution and organisation of working hours
        Chapter I: Working hours and working arrangements
        Section 2: Maximum working hours
        Subsection 3: Maximum weekly working hours
        Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3121-20 of the French Labour Code

Article L3121-20 of the French Labour Code

November 7, 2023
10:05 am

The maximum working week in any one week is forty-eight hours.

Original in French 🇫🇷

Article L3121-20

Au cours d’une même semaine, la durée maximale hebdomadaire de travail est de quarante-huit heures.

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