Part-time employees benefit from a minimum weekly working time determined in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in articles L. 3123-19 and L. 3123-27.
The first paragraph of this article does not apply:
1° To contracts lasting no more than seven days ;
2° Fixed-term contracts concluded under 1° of article L. 1242-2 ;
3° Temporary employment contracts concluded under 1° of article L. 1251-6 to replace an absent employee.
4° Open-ended employment contracts concluded in conjunction with one of the contracts provided for in articles L. 5132-5, L. 5132-11-1 or L. 5132-15-1, in order to achieve a total working time corresponding to full-time work or at least equal to the period mentioned in article L. 3123-27.
A shorter working week than that provided for in the first paragraph of this article may be set at the employee’s request, either to enable him/her to cope with personal constraints, or to enable him/her to combine several activities in order to achieve an overall working week corresponding to full-time work or at least equal to the period referred to in the same first paragraph. This request must be made in writing and must state the reasons for the request.
At the request of an employee who has reached the age specified in the first paragraph of Article L. 161-22-1-5 of the Social Security Code, a period of work shorter than that specified in the first paragraph may be set.
A period of work shorter than that provided for in the first paragraph, compatible with the employee’s studies, is automatically set, at the employee’s request, for employees under the age of twenty-six who are continuing their studies.