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Article L3132-4 of the French Labour Code

November 7, 2023

In the event of urgent work which must be carried out immediately in order to organise rescue measures, prevent imminent accidents or repair accidents to the equipment, installations or buildings of the establishment, the weekly rest period may be suspended for the staff required to carry out this work. This suspension option applies not only to employees of the company where the urgent work is required, but also to employees…

Article L3132-5 of the French Labour Code

November 7, 2023

In certain industries dealing with perishable materials or having to respond at certain times to an extraordinary increase in work, employees’ weekly rest may be suspended twice a month at the most, without the number of such suspensions in the year exceeding six. Hours worked in this way on the day of the weekly rest period are considered as overtime and are deducted from the overtime credit provided for in…

Article L3132-6 of the French Labour Code

November 7, 2023

In ports, landing stages and stations, the employment of employees for loading and unloading work on the weekly rest day is authorised in the same cases and under the same conditions as when working hours may be extended for the same work, by virtue of the decrees implementing the provisions relating to working hours.

Article L3132-7 of the French Labour Code

November 7, 2023

In certain industries operating for only part of the year and in certain establishments belonging to branches of activity of a seasonal nature and open in whole or in part only during one period of the year, the weekly rest period may be deferred in part under the conditions laid down in article L. 3132-10, provided that each worker benefits from at least two rest days per month, as far…

Article L3132-8 of the French Labour Code

November 7, 2023

When an industrial or commercial establishment grants weekly rest on the same day to all employees, this rest may be reduced to half a day for employees assigned to the cleaning of industrial premises and maintenance work which must necessarily be carried out on the collective rest day and which is essential to avoid a delay in the normal resumption of work. In this case, compensatory rest is granted at…

Article L3132-9 of the French Labour Code

November 7, 2023

In State establishments and in those where work is carried out on behalf of the State and in the interests of national defence, the weekly rest period may be temporarily suspended by the ministers concerned.

Article L3132-10 of the French Labour Code

November 7, 2023

In industrial establishments operating continuously, the weekly rest periods of employees assigned to continuous work may be deferred in part under the following conditions: 1° Each employee benefits, in a given work period, from a number of rests of twenty-four consecutive hours at least equal to the number of weeks included in this period; 2° Each employee is entitled to as much rest as possible on Sundays. A decree of…

Article L3132-11 of the French Labour Code

November 7, 2023

Caretakers and caretakers of industrial and commercial establishments who cannot be given a weekly rest period are entitled to compensatory rest. This derogation does not apply to young workers under the age of eighteen.

Article L3132-12 of the French Labour Code

November 7, 2023

Certain establishments, the operation or opening of which is made necessary by the constraints of production, activity or the needs of the public, may as of right derogate from the rule of Sunday rest by allocating weekly rest in rotation. A Conseil d’Etat decree determines the categories of establishments concerned.

Article L3132-13 of the French Labour Code

November 7, 2023

In food retail outlets, the weekly rest period may be given on Sundays from 1 p.m. onwards. Employees under the age of twenty-one who live with their employers are entitled to another afternoon’s compensatory rest per week, in rotation. Other employees are entitled to a full day’s compensatory rest in shifts every fortnight. In food retail outlets whose sales area exceeds the threshold mentioned in the first paragraph of article…

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Article L3132-4 of the French Labour Code

Article L3132-5 of the French Labour Code

Article L3132-6 of the French Labour Code

Article L3132-7 of the French Labour Code

Article L3132-8 of the French Labour Code

Article L3132-9 of the French Labour Code

Article L3132-10 of the French Labour Code

Article L3132-11 of the French Labour Code

Article L3132-12 of the French Labour Code

Article L3132-13 of the French Labour Code

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