Section 2: Length of leave

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.