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.
The provisions relating to overtime and compulsory time off in lieu apply to hours worked during the course of a week in excess of the legal working hours set in application of article L. 3121-27 or, in the event of application of a collective agreement concluded on the basis of article L. 3121-44, to hours worked in excess of the limits set by that agreement.
The amendment to the employment contract specifies the period or periods not worked. It may also stipulate the terms and conditions for calculating monthly remuneration independently of the actual number of hours worked per month.