Article L3141-1 of the French Labour Code
November 7, 2023
Every employee is entitled to paid annual leave at the employer’s expense.
Every employee is entitled to paid annual leave at the employer’s expense.
Employees returning from maternity leave under article L. 1225-17 or adoption leave under article L. 1225-37 are entitled to their annual paid leave, regardless of the period of paid leave used for the company’s staff.
The employee is entitled to two and a half working days’ leave for each month actually worked for the same employer. The total amount of leave payable may not exceed thirty working days.
Periods equivalent to four weeks or twenty-four days of work are treated as one month of actual work for the purposes of determining the duration of leave.
The following are considered to be periods of actual work for the purpose of determining the length of leave: 1° periods of paid leave ; 2° Periods of maternity leave, paternity leave, childcare leave and adoption leave; 3° Compulsory compensatory leave in the form of rest provided for in articles L. 3121-30, L. 3121-33 and L. 3121-38 ; 4° Rest days granted under the collective agreement concluded in application of…
An employee’s absence may not result in a reduction in leave entitlement that is more than proportionate to the duration of the absence.
When the number of working days calculated in accordance with articles L. 3141-3 and L. 3141-6 is not a whole number, the duration of the leave is increased to the next higher whole number.
Employees under the age of 21 on 30 April of the previous year are entitled to two extra days’ leave for each dependent child. This leave is reduced to one day if the statutory leave does not exceed six days. Employees who are at least twenty-one years old on the aforementioned date also benefit from two additional days of leave per dependent child, without the cumulative number of additional days…
The provisions of this section are without prejudice to the stipulations of collective bargaining agreements or contracts of employment or to practices which provide for longer periods of paid leave.
Subject to the specific terms and conditions laid down in application of article L. 3141-32, a company or establishment agreement or, failing that, a branch agreement may : 1° Fix the start of the reference period for the acquisition of leave ; 2° Increase the duration of leave on the grounds of age, seniority or disability.
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