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Article D5424-20 of the French Labour Code

The employer who employs the employee during the bad weather maintains, for the duration of the work, the salary he was receiving before the work stoppage due to the bad weather. The hours paid in this way are deducted from the hours of unemployment giving rise to compensation.

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Article D5424-21 of the French Labour Code

The date of resumption of work for an unemployed employee is decided by the employer or the project manager’s representative on the worksite. The employee will be informed of this date by means of a notice posted at the company’s head office or office or at the entrance to the worksite. An employee who does not return to work as soon as the worksite reopens ceases to be entitled to…

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Article D5424-22 of the French Labour Code

Except in the case of serious misconduct on the part of the person concerned or in the event of work being stopped by the project manager on public works sites, the company may not dismiss an employee during the period of inactivity of the site on which the employee is employed. However, these provisions do not affect the effects resulting from the expiry of the notice period during the period…

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Article D5424-23 of the French Labour Code

When the employer makes employees available to public authorities, in application of the first paragraph of article L. 5424-18, he shall file, at the request of the town hall of the municipality where the work site is located, the number and type of employees whose work is interrupted.

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Article D5424-25 of the French Labour Code

The company is reimbursed by the paid leave funds for the allowances paid to its employees under the legislation on bad weather, which are calculated by allocating to the amount of each allowance paid a coefficient equal to the ratio between the amount of the wages serving as the basis for the contribution paid by the company in application of article D. 5424-36 and the amount of these wages before…

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Article D5424-26 of the French Labour Code

The employer is paid 85% of the amount obtained in article D. 5424-25 when the total payroll exceeds three times the amount of the allowance provided for in the same article and 90% when the total payroll is no more than three times the amount of this allowance.

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Article D5424-28 of the French Labour Code

The employer sends the form declaring the work stoppage and requesting reimbursement of compensation paid to employees to the paid leave fund referred to in article D. 5424-32 within a period set by order of the Minister responsible for employment. The model for this statement is drawn up by the national overcompensation fund. The employer provides the members of the staff delegation of the social and economic committee, at their…

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