© - ATH all rights reserved - Edition 2024 60 EMPLOYER’S GUIDE 2024 STATUTORY PUBLIC HOLIDAYS The French Employment Code provides for 11 statutory public holidays : • 1 January, Easter Monday, 1 May, 8 May, Ascension Thursday, Whit Monday, 14 July, 15 August, 1 November, 11 November and 25 December. In the Haut-Rhin, Bas-Rhin and Moselle departments, there is also 26 December and Good Friday in areas with a protestant temple or mixed church. Note that 1 May is a special public holiday (see next page). TIME OFF ON PUBLIC HOLIDAYS Ordinary public holidays are not necessarily non-worked. A company agreement or otherwise a sector agreement may determine non-worked public holidays (a company agreement may be less favourable than a sector agreement in this area). If there is no collective agreement, the employer determines this list. Public holidays must be taken as time off for people under the age of 18 and in the Haut-Rhin, BasRhin and Moselle departments, (with some exceptions). It is not permitted to recover hours lost owing to a non-worked public holiday. When a public holiday falls on a Sunday or the weekly day off or a non-worked week day, the employer is not required to give its staff a day off the following or previous day, unless there are more favourable provisions in the collective agreement. The company may arrange a link day prior to or after a public holiday. This practice is not governed by any regulations. Such link days can be recovered. Ask us about the sectors and conditions under which young people under the age of 18 can work on a public holiday. PUBLIC HOLIDAYS 29 What you need to know : The French Employment Code provides for 11 public holidays. With some exceptions, only 1 May is a compulsory day off, the other public holidays can be worked. Pay on public holidays will differ according to the specific situation. Public holidays will also have an impact on other events related to the performance of the employment contract.
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