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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Principles.

Article L3132-2

The weekly rest period is at least twenty-four consecutive hours, plus the consecutive hours of daily rest provided for in Chapter I.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Supplementary provisions

Article L3121-15

In the absence of an agreement as provided for in Article L. 3121-14, the equivalence system may be instituted by decree of the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3121-48

The employer may, at the request of certain employees, set up a system of individualised working hours allowing hours to be carried over from one week to another, within the limits and according to th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L3121-55

The lump-sum payment of working hours must be agreed by the employee and set out in a written individual lump-sum agreement.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3122-18

…ristics of a sector's activity, provide for the maximum weekly working time laid down in article L. 3122-7 to be exceeded, provided that this does not have the effect of increasing this time to more t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conversion to part-time or full-time work

Article L3123-2

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 th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Minimum working hours and overtime

Article L3123-21

…ulate the rate of increase for each of the overtime hours worked within the limit set in article L. 3123-20. This rate may not be less than 10%.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy.

Article L3123-33

Intermittent work contracts may be concluded in companies covered by a company or establishment agreement or, failing that, by an extended branch agreement or convention which makes provision for them…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Collective disputes.

Article L2623-1

Instead of the regional conciliation commissions provided for in Articles L. 2522-1 and L. 2522-7 of this Code and inArticle L. 718-8 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, a conciliation commission…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L3111-3

With the exception of Chapter II of Title III and Titles VI and VII, this Book defines the rules of public policy, the scope of collective bargaining and the suppletive rules applicable in the absence…

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