Book I: Working hours, rest periods and holidays

Failure to grant the compensation provided for in articles L. 3121-9, L. 3121-11 and L. 3121-12 inthe event of on-call duty is punishable by a fourth-class fine. Failure to give each employee concerned, or to keep available for the Labour Inspectorate, the document summarising the number of on-call hours worked per employee per month and the corresponding compensation is punishable by the same penalty. Contraventions give rise to as many…

Employing a part-time employee or an employee on an intermittent employment contract without drawing up a written employment contract specifying the following is punishable by a fifth-class fine: 1° For a part-time employee other than that mentioned in 2°, the reference working time, the distribution of the working time between the days of the week or the weeks of the month and the limits within which overtime may be worked…

Failure to comply with the provisions relating to the annual quota of overtime hours laid down in articles L. 3121-30 and L. 3121-33 is punishable by the fine laid down for fourth class offences. As many fines are imposed for each infringement as there are employees wrongfully employed.

Failure to comply with the provisions relating to compensation for overtime as set out in articles L. 3121-28, L. 3121-30, L. 3121-33 and L. 3121-36 to L. 3121-40 ispunishable by a fourth-class fine. Infringements give rise to as many fines as there are employees wrongly employed.

The following offences are punishable by a fifth-class fine: : 1° By a part-time employee, to work overtime without complying with the limits set by articles L. 3123-9 and L. 3123-28 or by the collective labour agreements provided for by article L. 3123-20 ; 2° By an employee employed under an intermittent employment contract, hours in excess of the minimum annual working time provided for under the contract, without complying,…

Employing an employee on a part-time basis without complying with the limits in terms of the number or duration of daily work breaks provided for by article L. 3123-30 orby an extended or approved collective branch agreement or by a company or establishment agreement mentioned in article L. 3123-23, is punishable by a fifth-class fine. Contraventions give rise to as many fines as there are employees wrongfully employed.

Failure to pay a 25% increase in salary for each hour of overtime worked in excess of one tenth of the duration stipulated in the contract, in breach of the provisions of articles L. 3123-21 and L. 3123-29 or of II of article 14 of law no. 2000-37 of 19 January 2000 relating to the negotiated reduction of working hours, is punishable by a fourth-class fine. Contraventions give rise to…

Failure to comply with the provisions relating to maximum weekly working hours set out in articles L. 3121-20 to L. 3121-26 is punishable by a fourth-class fine. As many fines are imposed for each infringement as there are employees unduly employed.

Failure to comply with the provisions of article R. 3121-10, relating to the absolute maximum weekly working time, is punishable by a fifth-class fine, imposed as many times as there are employees affected by the offence. Repeated offences are punishable in accordance with articles 132-11 and 132-15 of the French Penal Code.

Failure to comply with the provisions relating to night work set out in articles L. 3122-1 to L. 3122-24, L. 3163-1 and L. 3163-2 and the decrees issued for their application is punishable by a fifth-class fine, imposed for each number of employees affected by the offence. Repeated offences are punishable in accordance with articles 132-11 and 132-15 of the French Penal Code.