The legal holidays listed below are public holidays: 1° 1st January ; 2° Easter Monday ; 3° 1st May ; 4° 8th May ; 5° Ascension Day ; 6° Whit Monday ; 7° 14th July 8° Assumption Day 9° All Saints’ Day ; 10° November 11th ; 11° Christmas Day.
Hours lost as a result of public holidays are not recovered.
Unemployment on public holidays may not result in any loss of pay for employees with a total of at least three months’ seniority in the company or establishment. These provisions apply to seasonal employees if, as a result of various contracts, whether successive or not, they have accumulated a total seniority of at least three months in the company. These provisions do not apply to home workers, intermittent employees or…
A company or establishment agreement or, failing that, a branch agreement or convention defines the public holidays.
In the absence of an agreement, the employer sets the public holidays.
Unemployment on 1st May cannot be a reason for a reduction in salary. Employees paid by the hour, by the day or by output are entitled to compensation equal to the wages lost as a result of unemployment. This compensation is payable by the employer.
In establishments and services which, due to the nature of their activity, cannot interrupt work, employees employed on 1st May are entitled, in addition to the salary corresponding to the work performed, to an indemnity equal to the amount of this salary. This allowance shall be paid by the employer.
The solidarity day instituted to finance actions in favour of the autonomy of elderly or disabled people takes the form of : 1° An additional day’s unpaid work for employees ; 2° The contribution provided for in 1° of article L. 14-10-4 of the Code de l’Action Sociale et des Familles for employers.
Work performed during the Solidarity Day, up to a maximum of seven hours, does not give rise to remuneration: 1° For employees paid on a monthly basis, within this seven-hour limit ; 2° For employees whose remuneration is calculated by reference to an annual number of working days in accordance with article L. 3121-58, up to the value of one working day. For part-time employees, the seven-hour limit provided for…
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