In the absence of a collective agreement, any work performed between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. is considered to be night work and, for the activities mentioned in Article L. 3122-3, any work performed between midnight and 7 a.m. is considered to be night work.
In the absence of a collective agreement or arrangement and provided that the employer has entered into fair and serious negotiations with a view to concluding such an agreement, workers may be assigned to night shifts with the authorisation of the Labour Inspector, granted in particular after verification of the compensation granted to them under the obligation defined in Article L. 3122-8 and of the existence of break times, in…
In the absence of an agreement defining the period of night work, the labour inspector may authorise the definition of a period different from that provided for in article L. 3122-20, in compliance with article L. 3122-2, after consulting the trade union delegates and the social and economic committee, when this is justified by the particular characteristics of the company’s activity.
In the absence of an agreement as referred to in Article L. 3122-16, the minimum number of hours for which a night worker must be qualified is set at two hundred and seventy hours over a reference period of twelve consecutive months.
In the absence of an agreement, a decree may set the list of sectors for which the maximum working week is set at between forty and forty-four hours.
A part-time employee is an employee whose working time is less than : 1° The legal working time or, where this is less than the legal working time, the working time agreed for the branch or company or the working time applicable in the establishment; 2° To the monthly working time resulting from the application, during this period, of the legal working time or, if this is lower, the working…
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…
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