Where it is established that the simultaneous rest on Sunday of all the employees of an establishment would be prejudicial to the public or would compromise the normal operation of that establishment, rest may be authorised by the Prefect, either throughout the year or at certain times of the year only, in one of the following ways: 1° On a day other than Sunday for all employees of the establishment;…
The authorisations provided for in article L. 3132-20 are granted for a period that may not exceed three years, after obtaining the opinion of the town council and, where applicable, of the deliberative body of the public inter-communal cooperation body with its own tax authority of which the municipality is a member, of the chamber of commerce and industry, of the chamber of trades and crafts, and of the professional…
The provisions of article L. 3132-20 do not apply to clerks, office clerks and court clerks in ministerial offices.
The authorisation granted to an establishment by the Prefect may be extended to several or all establishments in the same locality carrying on the same activity and serving the same clientele, although a fraction of an establishment may under no circumstances be treated as an establishment. These extension authorisations are all withdrawn when, in the locality, the majority of the establishments concerned so request.
I.-Retail establishments providing goods and services and located in international tourist zones may provide weekly rest in shifts for all or some of their staff, under the conditions set out in articles L. 3132-25-3 and L. 3132-25-4. II -International tourist zones are defined by the ministers responsible for labour, tourism and trade, after consulting the mayor and, where applicable, the president of the local authority of which the municipality is…
Retail establishments which provide goods and services and which are located in tourist areas characterised by a particularly large influx of tourists may provide weekly rest in rotation for all or some of their staff, under the conditions set out in articles L. 3132-25-3 and L. 3132-25-4. A Conseil d’Etat decree shall determine the terms and conditions for the application of this article.
Retail establishments which provide goods and services and which are located in commercial areas characterised by a particularly large commercial offer and potential demand, where applicable taking into account the immediate proximity of a border area, may provide weekly rest by rotation for all or part of the staff, under the conditions laid down in articles L. 3132-25-3 and L. 3132-25-4. A Conseil d’Etat decree shall determine the terms and…
I.-The request to delimit or modify the zones defined in articles L. 3132-25 and L. 3132-25-1 is made by the mayor or, after consultation with the mayors concerned, by the president of the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation with its own tax system, where this exists and the perimeter of the zone concerned exceeds the territory of a single municipality. The request to delimit or modify these zones is sent…
I. – The authorisations provided for in article L. 3132-20 are granted on the basis of a collective agreement or, failing that, a unilateral decision by the employer taken after a referendum. The collective agreement sets out the compensation granted to employees deprived of Sunday rest as well as the commitments made in terms of employment or in favour of certain groups in difficulty or disabled people. In the absence…
For the application of articles L. 3132-20, L. 3132-24, L. 3132-25, L. 3132-25-1 and L. 3132-25-6, only voluntary employees who have given their written agreement to their employer may work on Sundays. A company may not take a person’s refusal to work on Sundays into consideration in refusing to employ them. An employee who refuses to work on Sunday may not be discriminated against in the performance of his or…
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