Paragraph 2: Credit for hours worked

In order to benefit from the time credit provided for in article L. 2123-2, an elected member of a municipal council shall inform his employer in writing at least three days before his absence, specifying the date and duration of the planned absence as well as the duration of the credit of hours to which he is still entitled in respect of the current quarter.

The provisions of Article R. 2123-3 are applicable, where they do not benefit from more favourable provisions, to civil servants governed by Titles I to IV of the general civil service regulations and to contractual employees of the State, local authorities and their public administrative establishments who hold elective public office. These provisions are also applicable to serving military personnel who hold elective public office, subject to the requirements linked…

I. – The duration of the credit of hours for one quarter is equal: 1° To one hundred and forty hours for mayors of communes with at least 10,000 inhabitants and deputy mayors of communes with at least 30,000 inhabitants; 2° To one hundred and twenty-two and a half hours for mayors of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants and deputy mayors of communes with between 10,000 and 29,999 inhabitants;…

Given the requirements of the public education service, the weekly service of staff belonging to teaching bodies or job categories who benefit from a credit of hours in accordance with Article L. 2123-2 is amended at the beginning of the school year. The duration of the hours credited is divided between the service time performed in the presence of pupils for which they are statutorily responsible and the additional service…

In the case of part-time work, the credit of hours is reduced in proportion to the ratio between the hours set out in the employment contract of the employee concerned, in accordance with the provisions of article L. 3123-6 of the Labour Code (1), and the legal weekly working time defined in Article R. 2123-9 of this code. In the case of a civil servant governed by titles II, III…

The increase in the duration of the hours credit provided for in Article L. 2123-4 may not exceed 30% per elected member.