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Article L3133-11 of the French Labour Code

A company or establishment agreement or, failing that, a branch agreement or convention sets out the arrangements for the Solidarity Day. This agreement may provide for : 1° Working on a public holiday other than 1st May ; 2° Work on a rest day granted under the collective agreement concluded pursuant to article L. 3121-44; 3° Or any other arrangement allowing the work of seven hours previously not worked in…

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Article L3133-12 of the French Labour Code

In the absence of a stipulation in the agreement concluded in application of article L. 3133-11, the arrangements for the Solidarity Day are defined by the employer, after consultation with the Social and Economic Committee.

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Article L3134-1 of the French Labour Code

The provisions of this chapter apply in the départements of Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin. However, they do not apply to agricultural and fishing professions, railway undertakings, public ferry concessions, child-rearing and teaching, liberal professions, insurance undertakings, employment in the home by a natural person, artistic professions, medical and paramedical professions and the sale of medicines. The provisions of Chapters II and III are not applicable, with the exception of those…

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Article L3134-3 of the French Labour Code

In mines, salt works and quarries, industrial establishments, building and civil engineering sites and shipyards, employees are given a rest period of : 1° Twenty-four hours for each Sunday or public holiday ; 2° Thirty-six hours for a consecutive Sunday and public holiday; 3° Forty-eight hours for Christmas, Easter and Whitsun. The rest period is calculated from midnight and, in the case of a consecutive Sunday and public holiday, extends…

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Article L3134-4 of the French Labour Code

In commercial operations, employees may not be employed on the first day of Christmas, Easter or Pentecost. On other Sundays and public holidays, they may not work for more than five hours. By means of legally binding statutes, adopted after consultation with employers and employees and published in the prescribed form, the départements or communes may reduce working hours or prohibit work altogether for all commercial operations or for certain…

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Article L3134-5 of the French Labour Code

The provisions of articles L. 3134-3 and L. 3134-4 do not apply: 1° To work which, in the case of serious necessity or in the public interest, must be carried out immediately ; 2° For a Sunday, to the completion of an inventory prescribed by law; 3° Supervision of the operation’s installations, cleaning and maintenance work necessary for the regular continuation of the operation itself or of another operation, as…

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Article L3134-6 of the French Labour Code

Derogations from the provisions of article L. 3134-3 may be granted by regulation for specific categories of activity, in particular for businesses where work is carried out which, by its nature, cannot be interrupted or postponed, as well as for activities which, by their nature, are limited to certain periods of the year or are subject to unusually intense activity at certain times of the year. The work authorised on…

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Article L3134-7 of the French Labour Code

Derogations from the provisions of articles L. 3134-3 and L. 3134-4 may be granted by the administrative authority for categories of activities whose full or partial operation is necessary on Sundays or public holidays in order to satisfy the needs of the population which are of a daily nature or which are particularly apparent on those days. The same applies to businesses that operate exclusively or predominantly with engines powered…

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Article L3134-8 of the French Labour Code

Temporary derogations from the provisions of article L. 3134-3 may be granted by the administrative authority, in accordance with procedures laid down by regulation, when the employment of employees on Sundays or public holidays is unforeseeably necessary to avoid disproportionate damage.

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