Title III: Rest and public holidays

I.-The request to delimit or modify the zones defined in articles L. 3132-25 and L. 3132-25-1 is made by the mayor or, after consultation with the mayors concerned, by the president of the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation with its own tax system, where this exists and the perimeter of the zone concerned exceeds the territory of a single municipality. The request to delimit or modify these zones is sent…

I. – The authorisations provided for in article L. 3132-20 are granted on the basis of a collective agreement or, failing that, a unilateral decision by the employer taken after a referendum. The collective agreement sets out the compensation granted to employees deprived of Sunday rest as well as the commitments made in terms of employment or in favour of certain groups in difficulty or disabled people. In the absence…

For the application of articles L. 3132-20, L. 3132-24, L. 3132-25, L. 3132-25-1 and L. 3132-25-6, only voluntary employees who have given their written agreement to their employer may work on Sundays. A company may not take a person’s refusal to work on Sundays into consideration in refusing to employ them. An employee who refuses to work on Sunday may not be discriminated against in the performance of his or…

Articles L. 3132-25 and L. 3132-25-1 do not apply to food retailers who benefit from the provisions of article L. 3132-13. Food retail outlets located in the areas referred to in article L. 3132-24 or in the railway station areas referred to in article L. 3132-25-6 are subject to article L. 3132-13 for the period ending at 1 p.m. on Sundays. After 1 p.m., they may provide a weekly rest…

A joint order by the ministers responsible for transport, labour and trade may, after consulting the mayor, or where applicable the chairman of the public inter-communal cooperation body of which the municipality is a member, and the representatives of the employers and employees of the establishments concerned, authorise retail establishments that make goods and services available and that are located within the grounds of a station that is not included…