Title II: Hours of work, distribution and organisation of working hours

The employer may decide to exceed, on his own responsibility, the maximum daily working time of eight hours when the circumstances mentioned in article R. 3122-1 involve : 1° The performance of urgent work with a view to organising rescue measures ; 2° The prevention of imminent accidents; 3° Repairing accidents to equipment, installations or buildings. If the employer has not yet submitted a request for the daily working time…

The Labour Inspector who receives a request to exceed the time limit, in application of this paragraph, shall make his decision known to the employer and, where applicable, to the staff representatives, within fifteen days of the date of receipt of the request.

The purpose of monitoring the state of health of night workers is to enable the occupational physician to assess the possible consequences of night work for their health and safety, in particular due to changes in chronobiological rhythms, and to understand the potential repercussions on their social life.

The occupational physician is informed by the employer of any absence of night workers due to illness.

The occupational physician shall analyse the consequences of night work, in particular the alternation of shifts and the frequency of this alternation, when shifts operating alternately include a night shift. To this end, he shall, during the periods in which night workers are employed, study the working conditions and the workstation. It then analyses the content of the workstation and its constraints for each worker. On the basis of the…

The occupational physician informs night workers, in particular pregnant women and ageing workers, of the potential impact of night work on their health. This information takes into account the specific nature of fixed or alternating working hours. He will advise them on any precautions to be taken.