Reduction of working time (RTT) of a private sector employee
Verified 25 September 2026 - Public Service / (Prime Minister)
The reduction of working time (RTT) is a system that provides for the allocation of days or half-days of rest to an employee whose working time is greater than 35 hours per week. We present you the information to remember.
It is the RTT agreement applicable in the company that determines the employees concerned.
A part-time employee cannot in principle benefit from RTT days.
However, a particular company agreement may provide for this.
The applicable collective agreement is the one to which the main activity of the company falls.
A simulator allows you to search for the collective agreement with the name of the company or its number Siret :
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Warning
It is no longer possible to sign new RTT agreements since 22 August 2008, but agreements signed before that date and not terminated remain applicable. A company set up after that date can therefore no longer conclude a specific agreement, but it can apply the collective agreement or the branch agreement in force.
The benefit of the days of RTT is fixed by a collective agreement or by a company agreement.
The applicable collective agreement is the one to which the main activity of the company falls.
A simulator allows you to search for the collective agreement with the name of the company or its number Siret :
Finding your collective agreement
If the employee works 35 hours a week, he does not benefit from RTT days.
If its actual working time is 39 hours a week, it benefits from 4 hours of RTT per week, or half a day of RTT.
One collective agreement or by a company agreement may provide for the following rules:
- Conditions for taking days or half days off (partly at the employee's choice and partly at the employer's choice)
- The maximum time within which these rests are taken (within the year).
The applicable collective agreement is the one to which the main activity of the company falls.
A simulator allows you to search for the collective agreement with the name of the company or its number Siret :
The employee who benefits from a day or half-day of RTT is paid.
His salary is kept in the usual conditions, regardless of the size of his company.
Hours worked in excess of the 39-hour weekly limit shall be considered and paid as overtime.
The employee who so wishes can obtain the redemption by his employer of the days acquired from RTT but not taken.
The employee then receives a salary increase at least equal to the rate of increase of the first overtime hour applicable in the company.
This salary increase is exempt from income tax up to a maximum of €7,500 per year and employee contributions basic and supplementary old-age insurance.
This RTT day redemption scheme applies to RTT days performed between on 1er January 2022 and December 31, 2026.
One company agreement or the collective agreement specify the implementing rules.
The applicable collective agreement is the one to which the main activity of the company falls.
A simulator allows you to search for the collective agreement with the name of the company or its number Siret :
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