Section 1: Leave to reconcile work and personal and family life

The employee is entitled, with justification, to leave: 1° For marriage or the conclusion of a civil solidarity pact ; 2° For the marriage of a child; 3° For each birth for the father and, where applicable, the mother’s spouse or partner or the person bound to her by a civil solidarity pact; 3° bis For the arrival of a child placed for adoption. This leave may be taken within…

Without prejudice to 4° of Article L. 3142-1, in the event of the death of a child under the age of twenty-five or of a person under the age of twenty-five who is effectively and permanently dependent on the employee, the employee is entitled, with justification, to eight days’ bereavement leave, which may be split under conditions laid down by decree. The employee shall inform the employer at least twenty-four…

The leave mentioned in articles L. 3142-1 and L. 3142-1-1 does not entail any reduction in remuneration, which takes account, where applicable, of the allowance mentioned inarticle L. 331-9 of the Social Security Code, and is treated as actual working time for the purposes of determining the duration of annual paid leave. The duration of this leave cannot be deducted from the annual paid leave.

In the event of a dispute, the employer’s refusal may be challenged directly by the employee before the industrial tribunal (Conseil de prud’hommes), ruling under the accelerated procedure on the merits, under conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.

An employee whose ascendant, descendant, brother, sister or person sharing the same home is suffering from a life-threatening illness or is in the advanced or terminal stages of a serious and incurable disease is entitled to family solidarity leave. Under the same conditions, an employee who has been designated as a trusted support person within the meaning ofarticle L. 1111-6 of the French Public Health Code is also entitled to…

The leave starts or is renewed at the employee’s initiative. The duration of the leave is set by the employee, within the limit provided for in 1° of article L. 3142-14 or, in the absence of an agreement, within the limit provided for in 1° of article L. 3142-15. In the event of an absolute emergency recorded in writing by the doctor, the leave begins or may be renewed without…

The employee may, with the employer’s agreement, convert this leave into a period of part-time work or split it up.

An employee benefiting from the rights provided for in Articles L. 3142-6 to L. 3142-8 may not engage in any other professional activity.