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Article L3121-50 of the French Labour Code

Only hours lost as a result of a collective work stoppage resulting from : 1° Accidental causes, bad weather or force majeure ; 2° inventory ; 3° Unemployment on one or two working days between a public holiday and a weekly rest day or on a day preceding annual leave.

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Article L3121-51 of the French Labour Code

A company or establishment collective agreement or, failing that, a branch agreement or convention may: 1° Specify the limits and procedures for carrying over hours from one week to another when a system of individualised working hours is set up in application of Article L. 3121-48 ; 2° Set the procedures for recovering hours lost in the cases provided for in article L. 3121-50.

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Article L3121-52 of the French Labour Code

In the absence of a collective agreement as referred to in Article L. 3121-51, the limits and procedures for carrying over hours in the event of the introduction of a system of individualised working hours and the recovery of hours lost are determined by decree of the Conseil d’Etat.

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Article L3121-56 of the French Labour Code

Any employee may enter into an individual agreement for a fixed number of hours per week or per month. An individual agreement for a fixed number of hours over the year may be concluded, within the limit of the number of hours set in application of 3° of I of article L. 3121-64: 1° Managers whose duties do not require them to follow the collective timetable applicable to the workshop,…

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Article L3121-57 of the French Labour Code

The remuneration of an employee who has concluded an individual agreement for a fixed number of hours is at least equal to the minimum remuneration applicable in the company for the number of hours corresponding to his fixed number of hours, increased, where applicable, if the fixed number of hours includes overtime, by the supplements provided for in articles L. 3121-28, L. 3121-33 and L. 3121-36.

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Article L3121-58 of the French Labour Code

An individual agreement for a fixed number of days over the year may be concluded, within the limit of the number of days set in application of 3° of I of article L. 3121-64: 1° Managers who have autonomy in the organisation of their working hours and whose duties do not require them to follow the collective timetable applicable in the workshop, department or team to which they belong; 2°…

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Article L3121-59 of the French Labour Code

Employees who so wish may, in agreement with their employer, give up part of their rest days in return for an increase in their salary. The agreement between the employee and the employer must be in writing. A rider to the lump-sum agreement concluded between the employee and the employer determines the rate of the increase applicable to the remuneration for this additional working time, which may not be less…

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