Subject to legislative provisions requiring wages to be paid in a specific form, wages are paid in cash or by crossed cheque or by transfer to a bank or post office account held by the employee or jointly by the employee. The employee may not appoint a third party to receive his salary. Any stipulation to the contrary is null and void. Below a monthly amount determined by decree, the…
Employees are paid on a monthly basis, irrespective of the number of days worked in the month for a given number of hours worked. The monthly payment neutralises the consequences of the unequal distribution of days between the twelve months of the year. For hours equivalent to the legal weekly working time, the monthly pay due to the employee is calculated by multiplying the hourly pay by 52/12 of the…
Monthly pay does not exclude the various methods of calculating pay by piecework, bonus or performance.
Employees who are not paid on a monthly basis are paid at least twice a month, no more than sixteen days apart.
For any piecework work lasting more than a fortnight, the payment dates may be fixed by mutual agreement. However, the employee receives advance payments every fortnight and is paid in full in the fortnight following delivery of the work.
The provisions of this chapter apply to all persons employed or working in any capacity or in any place whatsoever for one or more employers and regardless of the amount and nature of their remuneration or the form or validity of their contract.
When wages are paid, the employer provides the persons mentioned in article L. 3243-1 with a supporting document known as a pay slip. The employer may not require any formality of signature or endorsement other than that establishing that the sum received corresponds to the net amount shown on the pay slip. Unless the employee objects, the employer may provide the pay slip in electronic form, under conditions that guarantee…
Acceptance of a pay slip by an employee without protest or reservation does not constitute a waiver of payment of all or part of the salary and allowances or wage accessories due to the employee pursuant to the law, regulations, a collective labour agreement or contract. Nor can this acceptance constitute a settled account within the meaning of article 1269 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
The employer keeps a duplicate copy of employees’ payslips or payslips issued to employees in electronic form for a period of five years.
The retention of pay slips may be waived to take account of the use of other means, in particular computerised means, under the conditions set out in the second paragraph of Article L. 8113-6.
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