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Article L3123-20 of the French Labour Code

A company or establishment agreement or, failing that, an extended branch agreement may set the limit on overtime at up to one third of the weekly or monthly working time provided for in the part-time employee’s contract and calculated, where applicable, over the period provided for by a collective agreement concluded on the basis of article L. 3121-44.

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Article L3123-22 of the French Labour Code

An agreement or an extended branch agreement may provide for the possibility, by means of a rider to the employment contract, of temporarily increasing the working hours laid down in the contract. The agreement : 1° Determines the maximum number of amendments that may be concluded, up to a limit of eight per year and per employee, except in the case of replacement of a named absent employee; 2° May…

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Article L3123-23 of the French Labour Code

A company or establishment agreement or, failing that, a branch agreement extended or approved in application ofarticle L. 314-6 of the Code de l’Action Sociale et des Familles may define the distribution of working hours for part-time employees during the working day. If this distribution includes more than one interruption of activity or an interruption of more than two hours, the agreement or arrangement defines the working hours during which…

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Article L3123-24 of the French Labour Code

A company or establishment agreement or, failing that, an extended branch agreement may determine the period within which the employee is to be notified of the change in the distribution of working hours. This period may not be less than three working days. In home help associations and companies, this period may be shorter in emergencies defined by an extended branch agreement or agreement or by a company or establishment…

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Article L3123-25 of the French Labour Code

The collective agreement allowing the derogations provided for in articles L. 3123-20 and L. 3123-24 includes guarantees relating to the implementation, for part-time employees, of the rights granted to full-time employees, in particular the right to equal access to promotion, career and training opportunities, as well as the setting of a minimum period of continuous work and a limit on the number of interruptions of activity during the same day.

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Article L3123-26 of the French Labour Code

In the absence of a collective agreement, part-time working hours may be worked on the employer’s initiative, after consulting the social and economic committee. In companies without staff representative bodies, part-time working hours may be worked at the initiative of the employer or at the request of employees, after informing the labour inspectorate. In the absence of a collective agreement, the employee may request a part-time position under conditions laid…

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Article L3123-27 of the French Labour Code

In the absence of an agreement as provided for in Article L. 3123-19, the minimum working time for part-time employees is set at twenty-four hours per week or, where applicable, the monthly equivalent thereof or the equivalent calculated over the period provided for by a collective agreement concluded in application of Article L. 3121-44.

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Article L3123-28 of the French Labour Code

In the absence of an agreement as provided for in Article L. 3123-20, the number of overtime hours worked by a part-time employee during the same week or month or over the period provided for by a collective agreement concluded on the basis of Article L. 3121-44 may not exceed one tenth of the weekly or monthly working hours provided for in his contract and calculated, where applicable, over the…

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Article L3123-29 of the French Labour Code

In the absence of an agreement as provided for in Article L. 3123-21, the rate of increase for overtime is 10% for each overtime hour worked up to one tenth of the hours provided for in the employment contract and 25% for each hour worked between one tenth and one third of the hours provided for in the employment contract.

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