Hours of work in the State Civil Service (FPE)

General framework

The duration of actual work in the public administrations and institutions of the State is fixed at 35 hours per week.

The working time is counted on the basis of an actual annual working time of 1,607 hours maximum, excluding overtime.

Reduction of working hours related to specific topics

The annual working time of 1 607 hours may be reduced, by ministerial decree, after consulting the social committee of ministerial administration, to take account of subjections related to the nature of the tasks and the definition of the resulting work cycles in particular in the following cases:

• Night work
• Work on Sundays
• Work in shifted hours
• Working in teams
• Significant modulation of the work cycle
• Difficult or dangerous work.

Service obligations regime

Teaching and research staff are subject to a service obligation scheme less than 1 607 hours per year or 35 hours per week.

For example, teachers in schools (teachers) must ensure that, throughout the school year:

• 24 hours of teaching per week
• And 108 hours per year, or 3 hours per week on average, of other activities.

The annual 108 hours of activity are distributed as follows:

• 36 hours dedicated to complementary educational activities organized in the school project, in small groups of pupils, for the assistance of pupils with learning difficulties, for assistance with personal work or for an activity planned by the school project
• 48 hours dedicated to work in teaching teams, relations with parents, the development and monitoring of personalized school projects for students with disabilities
• 18 hours devoted to continuing education, for at least half of them, and to pedagogical animation
• 6 hours of participation in compulsory school boards.

Equivalence regime

One duration equivalent to the legal duration may be established by decree for certain body or jobs whose tasks involve a attendance time greater than actual working time.

The attendance time, for example, of the drivers of the motor vehicle service of the central administration of the Ministry of Education is 1,800 hours per year. This is equivalent to an effective annual working time of 1,607 hours.

Daily working hours

The working time cannot exceed 10 hours a day.

You get a minimum rest of 11 hours per day.

The maximum amplitude of the working day, i.e. the maximum duration of the working day, including break time, is set at 12 hours.

You benefit from a break of at least 20 minutes at least every 6 hours of work.

Night work shall include at least the period between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. or another period of 7 consecutive hours between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m.

Weekly duration

The actual working time, including overtime, may not exceed 48 hours in the same week or 44 hours on average over a 12-week period.

Weekly rest normally includes Sunday.

The weekly rest cannot be less than 35 hours.

Derogations from maximum working hours and minimum rest periods

Where the activity of a service requires it at all times, different maximum daily and weekly working hours and minimum rest periods may be fixed by decree.

This includes the services responsible for the protection of persons and property.

Counterparties are granted.

This is the case, for example, for aircrew and technicians at the Civil Security Aircraft Base.

Moreover, if exceptional circumstances As justified, maximum daily and weekly working hours and minimum rest periods may be applied by a head of department for a limited period of time. This may, for example, be the case in the context of a health crisis.

The staff representatives on the social management committee must be informed immediately.

Work cycles

The work is organized according to reference periods called work cycles.

The length of the work cycle can vary from week to year.

The work cycle is defined by department or function type.

The work cycles that can be used by the services are defined by ministerial decree.

These decrees lay down in particular the duration of the cycles, the daily and weekly limits and the conditions of rest and break.

The conditions for the implementation of these cycles and the resulting working hours shall be defined for each department or establishment, after obtaining the opinion of the Social Management Committee.

Working hours are defined within the work cycle so that the annual working time is in line with the legal working time (1,607 hours or the shorter working time).

When the work cycle is several weeks long, the working time can vary from one week to another within the cycle.

For example, a 2-week cycle including 1 week at 32 hours and then 1 week at 38 hours, or an average of 35 hours per week.

Where the working cycle provides for a working time of more than 35 hours per week or 1 607 hours per year, the hours worked beyond the statutory period shall be eligible for RTT.

Example: a 39-hour week entitles you to 4 hours of RTT.

Hours worked beyond the legal or current duration, once the RTT days have been granted, if applicable, constitute overtime.

Variable hours

Working time can be arranged according to a variable schedule, subject to service requirements, after consulting the Social Committee.

This organization defines a reference period (in principle the fortnight or the month) during which you must complete a number of hours of work corresponding to the prescribed duration (35 hours on average per week in general).

The working hours are counted by a pointing system and a device debit credit facility allows you to carry over a limited number of hours of work from one period to another.

A maximum number of hours can be charged or credited.

For a reference period of about fifteen, this ceiling may not be higher than 6 hours.

For a reference period of one month, it may not be greater than 12 hours.

Variable hours are organized as follows:

• Either they provide for a minimum period of work of at least 4 hours per day
• Either they provide fixed ranges of at least 4 hours, during which you must be present, and mobile ranges, during which you choose your arrival and departure times daily.

For example: fixed beaches from 9.30 am to 11.30 am and from 1.30 pm to 4.30 pm (during which you must be present) and mobile beaches from 7.30 am to 9.30 am and from 4.30 pm to 7 pm (during which you choose your arrival and departure times daily).