For the application of the provisions of this Title, the following are considered to be young workers: 1° Employees under the age of eighteen ; 2° Trainees under the age of eighteen who complete introductory or practical work placements in a professional environment as part of a sandwich course or as part of their schooling.
Young workers may not be employed to work more than eight hours a day and thirty-five hours a week. By way of derogation from the first paragraph, for certain activities determined by decree of the Conseil d’Etat, where the collective organisation of work justifies it, the following derogations may be made: 1° From the weekly working time of thirty-five hours, up to a maximum of five hours a week; 2°…
The employer shall allow young workers subject to the obligation to attend vocational courses during the working day the time and freedom necessary to comply with this obligation. Time devoted to training in an educational establishment is considered as actual working time.
No period of uninterrupted actual work may exceed a maximum of four and a half hours for young workers. When the daily working time exceeds four and a half hours, young workers are entitled to a break of at least thirty consecutive minutes.
For the purposes of this chapter, night work is defined as follows 1° For young workers over the age of sixteen and under the age of eighteen, any work between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. ; 2° For young workers under the age of sixteen, any work between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m.
Night work is prohibited for young workers. For young employees in commercial and entertainment establishments, exemptions may be granted by the labour inspector on an exceptional basis. A decree of the Council of State also determines the list of sectors for which the particular characteristics of the activity justify a derogation. An agreement or an extended collective labour agreement or a company or establishment agreement may define the conditions under…
In an extreme emergency, if adult workers are not available, the provisions of articles L. 3163-1 and L. 3163-2 may be waived for young workers aged between sixteen and eighteen, for temporary work intended to prevent imminent accidents or to repair the consequences of accidents that have occurred. An equivalent period of compensatory rest is granted within three weeks.
The minimum daily rest period for young workers may not be less than twelve consecutive hours. This minimum period is increased to fourteen consecutive hours if they are under sixteen years of age. The minimum continuous daily rest period for young employees may not be less than twelve hours in the case of the derogations provided for in article L. 3163-2.
Young workers are entitled to two consecutive days off per week. Where justified by the particular characteristics of the activity, a company or establishment agreement or, failing that, an extended collective labour agreement may define the conditions under which derogations may be made to the provisions of the first paragraph for young people released from compulsory schooling, provided that they benefit from a minimum rest period of thirty-six consecutive hours….
The exceptions to the weekly rest period provided for in articles L. 3132-4 and L. 3132-8 do not apply to young workers under the age of eighteen.
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