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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Flexible working days

Article L3121-59

Employees who so wish may, in agreement with their employer, give up part of their rest days in return for an increase in their salary. The agreement between the employee and the employer must be in w…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Flexible working days

Article L3121-60-1

…ated in the first paragraph of article L. 161-22-1-5 of the Social Security Code requests to work reduced hours in relation to the maximum legal or contractual working time expressed in days, he shall…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Flexible working days

Article L3121-62

…ubject to the provisions relating to : 1° The maximum daily working time provided for in article L. 3121-18 ; 2° The maximum weekly working hours provided for in Articles L. 3121-20 and L. 3121-22; 3°…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Minimum working hours and overtime

Article L3123-9

Overtime may not have the effect of increasing the working time of a part-time employee to the level of the legal working time or, if it is lower, to the level of the working time set by agreement.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Allocation of working hours

Article L3123-24

A company or establishment agreement or, failing that, an extended branch agreement may determine the period within which the employee is to be notified of the change in the distribution of working ho…

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

Article L3123-28

In the absence of an agreement as provided for in Article L. 3123-20, the number of overtime hours worked by a part-time employee during the same week or month or over the period provided for by a col…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Allocation of working hours

Article L3123-30

In the absence of an agreement as provided for in Article L. 3123-23, the working hours of a part-time employee may not include more than one interruption of activity or an interruption of more than t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Principles.

Article L3132-3

In the interests of employees, the weekly rest day is Sunday.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Principles.

Article L3132-3-1

A jobseeker's refusal to accept a job offer involving Sunday work is not grounds for removal from the list of jobseekers.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Substitute team.

Article L3132-19

…loyees on the stand-by team is increased by at least 50% compared to the remuneration that would be due for an equivalent amount of time worked according to the company's normal working hours. This in…

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