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Article R1225-5 of the French Labour Code

The hour provided for in article L. 1225-30 available to the employee to breastfeed her child is divided into two thirty-minute periods, one during the morning shift and the other during the afternoon shift.
The period when work is stopped for breastfeeding is determined by agreement between the employee and the employer.
Failing agreement, this period is placed in the middle of each half working day.

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Article R1225-5


L’heure prévue à l’article L. 1225-30 dont dispose la salariée pour allaiter son enfant est répartie en deux périodes de trente minutes, l’une pendant le travail du matin, l’autre pendant l’après-midi.
La période où le travail est arrêté pour l’allaitement est déterminée par accord entre la salariée et l’employeur.
A défaut d’accord, cette période est placée au milieu de chaque demi-journée de travail.

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