Chapter V: Maternity, paternity, adoption and bringing up children

In the absence of a collective agreement at branch or company level setting guarantees for the development of employees’ pay during maternity leave and following such leave that are at least as favourable as those mentioned in this article, such pay, within the meaning of article L. 3221-3, is increased, following such leave, by general increases as well as by the average of individual increases received during the period of…

An employee who returns to work after maternity leave is entitled to the professional interview mentioned in I of article L. 6315-1.

In the event of the death of the mother during the period of compensation defined in the first paragraph of article L. 331-6 of the Social Security Code, the father may suspend his employment contract for a period at most equal to the remaining period of compensation defined in the same first paragraph, where applicable deferred in application of the second paragraph of the same article. The person concerned shall…