Article L4163-9 of the French Labour Code
An employee with a professional prevention account is entitled, under the conditions and within the limits set out in articles L. 4163-5 and L. 4163-7, to a reduction in working hours.
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An employee with a professional prevention account is entitled, under the conditions and within the limits set out in articles L. 4163-5 and L. 4163-7, to a reduction in working hours.
The employee applies to the employer for a reduction in working hours, under conditions laid down by decree. This request can only be refused if reasons are given for the refusal and if the employer can demonstrate that such a reduction is impossible given the economic activity of the company.
In the event of a dispute with his employer due to the latter’s refusal to grant the employee’s request to use his account for a change to part-time work as specified in Article L. 4163-10, the employee may refer the matter to the industrial tribunal under the conditions set out in Title I of Book IV of Part One.
The additional remuneration referred to in 2° of I of article L. 4163-7 is determined under conditions and within limits set by decree. It is subject to all statutory and collectively agreed social security contributions, in accordance with the terms and conditions in force on the date it is paid.
Holders of the professional prevention account who decide, from the age stipulated in II of article L. 4163-7, to allocate points to the use mentioned in 3° of I of the same article benefit from the increased insurance period mentioned inarticle L. 351-6-1 of the Social Security Code.
The professional prevention account is managed by the Caisse nationale de l’assurance maladie and the network of organisations of the occupational injury and disease branch of the general scheme. The fund mentioned in the first paragraph may delegate the management functions mentioned in articles L. 4163-15, L. 4163-16 and L. 4163-18 by agreement. The term “managing body” referred to in Articles L. 4163-15, L. 4163-16 and L. 4163-18 then refers,…
The managing bodies shall record in the account the points corresponding to the data declared by the employer pursuant to article L. 4163-6 and shall inform the worker each year of the points acquired in respect of the previous year in a statement specifying each contract of employment for which a declaration was made and the exposure factors, as well as the procedures for contesting them referred to in article…
I.-Under conditions defined by decree, the management bodies mentioned in article L. 4163-14 of this Code and, for the companies and establishments mentioned in articles L. 722-20 and L. 722-24 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, the agricultural social security funds may carry out or have carried out, on the basis of documents and on site, checks on the effectiveness and extent of exposure to occupational risk factors and…
Subject to Articles L. 4163-18 to L. 4163-20, disputes relating to decisions taken by the managing body pursuant to Sections 2 and 3 of this Chapter and to this Section 4 shall be settled in accordance with the provisions governing social security litigation. Disputes relating to the declaration referred to in Article L. 4163-1 may not be the subject of a dispute separate from that referred to in this Article….
When the dispute is linked to a disagreement with his employer on the effectiveness or extent of his exposure to the occupational risk factors mentioned in article L. 4163-1, the employee may only submit a claim to the management body relating to the opening of the professional prevention account or the number of points recorded on it if he has previously brought this dispute before the employer, under conditions specified…
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