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Article L3142-122 of the French Labour Code

If leave is waived, the employee’s paid leave carried over in application of article L. 3142-120 is added to the annual paid leave.

This deferred paid leave is added to the annual paid leave each year, in fractions of six days and until it is used up, from the date of the waiver.

No paid leave may be carried over under article L. 3142-120 until it has been used up.

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Article L3142-122
En cas de renonciation au congé, les congés payés du salarié reportés en application de l’article L. 3142-120 sont ajoutés aux congés payés annuels.


Ces congés payés reportés sont ajoutés chaque année aux congés payés annuels, par fraction de six jours et jusqu’à épuisement, à compter de la renonciation.


Jusqu’à épuisement des congés payés reportés, tout report au titre de l’article L. 3142-120 est exclu.


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