Paragraph 2: Night work.

An employee who is medically certified to be pregnant or who has given birth and who works night shifts under the conditions set out in article L. 3122-5 shall, at her request, be assigned to a day shift for the duration of her pregnancy and during the period of postnatal leave. She shall also be assigned to a day shift for the duration of her pregnancy if the occupational physician…

If the employer is unable to offer another job to the employee working at night, it shall inform her in writing, and the occupational physician, of the reasons for not doing so. The employee’s employment contract is then suspended until the date of commencement of the statutory maternity leave and possibly during the additional period following the end of this leave in application of article L. 1225-9. The employee benefits…

The provisions of this paragraph are without prejudice to the application of the provisions of articles : 1° L. 1225-4, on protection against termination of the employment contract of an employee in a medically certified state of pregnancy ; 2° L. 1225-17, relating to maternity leave; 3° L. 1225-29, relating to the ban on postnatal and prenatal employment; 4° L. 1226-2, relating to unfitness for work following a non-occupational illness…