French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy
Article L3121-20
The maximum working week in any one week is forty-eight hours.
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The maximum working week in any one week is forty-eight hours.
In the event of exceptional circumstances and for the duration of such circumstances, the maximum working time defined in article L. 3121-20 may be exceeded by the administrative authority, under cond…
The legal working week for full-time employees is thirty-five hours.
The weekly working time calculated over any period of twelve consecutive weeks may not exceed forty-four hours, except in the cases provided for in Articles L. 3121-23 to L. 3121-25.
Intermittent employment contracts are open-ended contracts. It may be concluded to fill a permanent position which, by its very nature, involves alternating periods of work and periods of non-work. Th…
Only hours lost as a result of a collective work stoppage resulting from : 1° Accidental causes, bad weather or force majeure ; 2° inventory ; 3° Unemployment on one or two working days between a publ…
An employee is considered to be a night worker if : 1° Either he performs, at least twice a week, according to his usual working hours, at least three hours of night work per day; 2° Or, during a refe…
The time required for meals and breaks are considered as actual working time when the criteria defined in article L. 3121-1 are met.
Where a system for organising working time is implemented over a reference period longer than a week, overtime is deducted at the end of this reference period. This reference period may not exceed thr…
The introduction of a system for organising working hours over a period longer than a week by collective agreement does not constitute a change to the employment contract for full-time employees.
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