Title III: Rest and public holidays

Failure to comply with the provisions of articles L. 3133-4 to L. 3133-6 and D. 3133-1 relating to 1st May is punishable by a fourth-class fine. The fine is applied as many times as there are employees wrongly employed or remunerated.

Failure to comply with the provisions of articles L. 3134-3 to L. 3134-9 specific to the Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin départements or the decrees issued for their application is punishable by a fifth-class fine. Repeated offences are punishable in accordance with articles 132-11 and 132-15 of the French Criminal Code.

Failure to comply with the provisions of articles L. 3164-2 to L. 3164-4, relating to weekly and Sunday rest periods for young workers, as well as those of the decrees issued for their application, is punishable by a fifth-class fine. There are as many fines for each offence as there are employees illegally employed. Repeated offences are punishable in accordance with articles 132-11 and 132-15 of the French Penal Code.

Failure to comply with the provisions of articles L. 3172-1 and L. 3172-2, relating to the monitoring of weekly rest periods, as well as those of the decrees issued for their application, is punishable by a fifth-class fine. Contraventions give rise to as many fines as there are employees illegally employed. Repeated offences are punishable in accordance with articles 132-11 and 132-15 of the French Penal Code.