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Article L3123-17 of the French Labour Code

A company or establishment agreement or, failing that, an extended branch agreement may provide for the implementation of part-time working hours at the employer’s initiative. This agreement or convention may also set the conditions for the introduction of part-time working hours at the request of employees. In this case, the agreement or convention provides for : 1° The conditions under which full-time employees may hold a part-time job and part-time…

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Article L3123-18 of the French Labour Code

A company or establishment agreement or, failing that, an extended branch agreement may provide for the employer to : 1° Offer the part-time employee a full-time job or a job at least equal to the minimum duration mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 3123-7 which does not fall within his professional category, or a non-equivalent full-time job; 2° Offer the full-time employee a part-time job that does not…

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Article L3123-19 of the French Labour Code

An agreement or an extended branch agreement sets the minimum working time referred to in Article L. 3123-7. Where it is less than that provided for in Article L. 3123-27, it shall determine the guarantees regarding the implementation of regular working hours or allowing the employee to combine several activities in order to achieve an overall duration of activity corresponding to full-time work or at least equal to the duration…

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Article L3123-20 of the French Labour Code

A company or establishment agreement or, failing that, an extended branch agreement may set the limit on overtime at up to one third of the weekly or monthly working time provided for in the part-time employee’s contract and calculated, where applicable, over the period provided for by a collective agreement concluded on the basis of article L. 3121-44.

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Article L3123-22 of the French Labour Code

An agreement or an extended branch agreement may provide for the possibility, by means of a rider to the employment contract, of temporarily increasing the working hours laid down in the contract. The agreement : 1° Determines the maximum number of amendments that may be concluded, up to a limit of eight per year and per employee, except in the case of replacement of a named absent employee; 2° May…

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Article L3123-23 of the French Labour Code

A company or establishment agreement or, failing that, a branch agreement extended or approved in application ofarticle L. 314-6 of the Code de l’Action Sociale et des Familles may define the distribution of working hours for part-time employees during the working day. If this distribution includes more than one interruption of activity or an interruption of more than two hours, the agreement or arrangement defines the working hours during which…

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Article L3123-24 of the French Labour Code

A company or establishment agreement or, failing that, an extended branch agreement may determine the period within which the employee is to be notified of the change in the distribution of working hours. This period may not be less than three working days. In home help associations and companies, this period may be shorter in emergencies defined by an extended branch agreement or agreement or by a company or establishment…

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Article L3123-25 of the French Labour Code

The collective agreement allowing the derogations provided for in articles L. 3123-20 and L. 3123-24 includes guarantees relating to the implementation, for part-time employees, of the rights granted to full-time employees, in particular the right to equal access to promotion, career and training opportunities, as well as the setting of a minimum period of continuous work and a limit on the number of interruptions of activity during the same day.

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