Section 1: Part-time work

An employee who so requests may benefit from a reduction in working hours in the form of one or more periods of at least one week due to the needs of his personal life. Working hours are set within the annual limit provided for in 3° of Article L. 3123-1. During the periods worked, the employee is employed according to the collective working hours applicable in the company or establishment….

Part-time employees who wish to take up or return to a job of at least the same duration as that mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 3123-7 or a full-time job and full-time employees who wish to take up or return to a part-time job in the same establishment or, failing that, in the same company, have priority for the allocation of a job in their professional category…

An employee’s refusal to work part-time is neither a fault nor grounds for dismissal.

When an employee who has reached the age stipulated in the first paragraph of article L. 161-22-1-5 of the Social Security Code asks to work part-time, he must send his request, under conditions set by decree, to the employer. In the absence of a written and reasoned response within two months of receipt of the request, the employer’s agreement is deemed to have been obtained. The employer’s refusal is justified…