Section 2: Maximum working hours

The request for an overrun concerning a sector of activity at local, departmental or interdepartmental level is sent by the employers’ organisation concerned to the Regional Director of Companies, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment. The latter makes its decision after consulting the representative employers’ and employees’ organisations concerned, taking into account the economic and employment conditions specific to the region and sector in question.

When an authorisation is granted in application of articles R. 3121-13 or R. 3121-14, the company may only use it following a decision by the Labour Inspector, who rules on the principle and terms of its application, after consulting the Social and Economic Committee, if there is one.

An employer who does not come under a sector covered by one of the decisions provided for in articles R. 3121-13 and R. 3121-14 may, in order to deal with exceptional situations specific to his company, request special authorisation. This request must be substantiated and sent, together with the opinion of the social and economic committee, if any, to the labour inspector who forwards it to the regional director of…