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Article L3121-8 of the French Labour Code

In the absence of the agreements provided for in Articles L. 3121-6 and L. 3121-7 :

1° The employment contract may set the remuneration for meal and break times;

2° The employment contract provides either for compensation to be granted for the dressing and undressing times referred to in article L. 3121-3, or for these times to be treated as actual working time;

3° The compensation provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 3121-7 is determined by the employer after consultation with the social and economic committee.

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Article L3121-8

A défaut d’accords prévus aux articles L. 3121-6 et L. 3121-7 :

1° Le contrat de travail peut fixer la rémunération des temps de restauration et de pause ;

2° Le contrat de travail prévoit soit d’accorder des contreparties aux temps d’habillage et de déshabillage mentionnés à l’article L. 3121-3, soit d’assimiler ces temps à du temps de travail effectif ;

3° Les contreparties prévues au second alinéa de l’article L. 3121-7 sont déterminées par l’employeur après consultation du comité social et économique.

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