All employees benefit from a minimum daily rest period of eleven consecutive hours, except in the cases provided for in articles L. 3131-2 and L. 3131-3 or in emergencies, under conditions determined by decree.
A company or establishment agreement or, failing that, an industry-level agreement or arrangement may derogate from the minimum daily rest period provided for in article L. 3131-1, under conditions determined by decree, particularly for activities characterised by the need to ensure continuity of service or by split shifts.
In the absence of an agreement, in the event of an exceptional increase in activity, the minimum daily rest period may be waived under conditions defined by decree.
No employee may work more than six days a week.
The weekly rest period is at least twenty-four consecutive hours, plus the consecutive hours of daily rest provided for in Chapter I.
In the interests of employees, the weekly rest day is Sunday.
A jobseeker’s refusal to accept a job offer involving Sunday work is not grounds for removal from the list of jobseekers.
In the event of urgent work which must be carried out immediately in order to organise rescue measures, prevent imminent accidents or repair accidents to the equipment, installations or buildings of the establishment, the weekly rest period may be suspended for the staff required to carry out this work. This suspension option applies not only to employees of the company where the urgent work is required, but also to employees…
In certain industries dealing with perishable materials or having to respond at certain times to an extraordinary increase in work, employees’ weekly rest may be suspended twice a month at the most, without the number of such suspensions in the year exceeding six. Hours worked in this way on the day of the weekly rest period are considered as overtime and are deducted from the overtime credit provided for in…
In ports, landing stages and stations, the employment of employees for loading and unloading work on the weekly rest day is authorised in the same cases and under the same conditions as when working hours may be extended for the same work, by virtue of the decrees implementing the provisions relating to working hours.
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