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Article D3121-19 of the French Labour Code

Compulsory time off may be taken as a full day or half day at the employee’s convenience.

It is treated as a period of actual work for the purposes of calculating the employee’s entitlement. It gives rise to compensation that does not entail any reduction in remuneration compared with what the employee would have received if he had performed his work.

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Article D3121-19

La contrepartie obligatoire en repos peut être prise par journée entière ou par demi-journée à la convenance du salarié.


Elle est assimilée à une période de travail effectif pour le calcul des droits du salarié. Elle donne lieu à une indemnisation qui n’entraîne aucune diminution de rémunération par rapport à celle que le salarié aurait perçue s’il avait accompli son travail.

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