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

The employee may, with the agreement of his employer, convert this leave into a period of part-time work or split it up. In this case, the employee must notify his employer at least forty-eight hours before the date on which he intends to take each period of leave. This conversion or splitting is granted without delay in the cases mentioned in the third paragraph of article L. 3142-19.

The duration of this leave cannot be deducted from the annual paid leave. It is taken into account when determining seniority benefits. The employee retains the benefit of all the advantages acquired before the start of the leave.

At the end of the leave or the period of part-time work mentioned in article L. 3142-20, the employee returns to his job or a similar job with at least equivalent remuneration.

Before and after his leave, the employee is entitled to the professional interview mentioned in I of article L. 6315-1.

A decree shall determine the conditions for the application of this paragraph, in particular the criteria for assessing the disability or loss of autonomy of the person assisted.

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 may, at his request and in agreement with his employer, give up anonymously and without consideration all or part of his untaken rest days, whether or not they have been allocated to a time savings account, for the benefit of another employee of the company who is helping a person suffering from a loss of autonomy or with a disability where that person is, for that other employee,…

Employees are entitled to sabbatical leave during which their employment contract is suspended. The right to this leave is open to an employee who, on the date of departure on leave, can prove a minimum length of service in the company, cumulated, where applicable, over several non-consecutive periods, as well as six years of professional activity and who has not benefited for a minimum period, in the same company, from…