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French Labour CodeIn force
Single subsection: Public policy.

Article L3141-24

…one tenth of the total gross remuneration received by the employee during the reference period. To determine the total gross remuneration, account is taken of : 1° Holiday pay for the previous year ;…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Scope of collective bargaining.

Article L3141-10

…article L. 3141-32, a company or establishment agreement or, failing that, a branch agreement may : 1° Fix the start of the reference period for the acquisition of leave ; 2° Increase the duration of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Supplementary provisions

Article L3142-59

In the absence of an agreement referred to in Article L. 3142-58, the following provisions apply:1° The maximum total number of days that may be taken as leave is six working days per year ;2° The lea…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3142-58

…nd L. 3142-54-1, a company collective agreement or, failing that, a branch agreement or convention determines:1° The maximum total duration of the leave and the conditions for combining it with the ec…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Supplementary provisions

Article L3142-53

In the absence of an agreement referred to in Article L. 3142-52: 1° The maximum duration of the leave is twenty days per year ; 2° The time limits within which the employee must submit his request fo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy.

Article L3133-1

The legal holidays listed below are public holidays: 1° 1st January ; 2° Easter Monday ; 3° 1st May ; 4° 8th May ; 5° Ascension Day ; 6° Whit Monday ; 7° 14th July 8° Assumption Day 9° All Saints' Day…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Derogations on a geographical basis

Article L3132-25-2

…stablishment for inter-communal cooperation with its own tax system, where this exists and the perimeter of the zone concerned exceeds the territory of a single municipality. The request to delimit or…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Supplementary provisions

Article L3142-27

In the absence of an agreement referred to in Article L. 3142-26, the following provisions apply: 1° The maximum duration of the leave is three months, renewable within the limit mentioned in article…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3142-54-1

Leave is granted each year, at the employee's request, regardless of age: 1° To any employee appointed to sit on a voluntary basis on the administrative or management body of an association governed b…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3142-38

A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall determine the terms and conditions for the application of this sub-section, in particular: 1° The conditions under which the employer may defer the leave due to th…

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