Work and leave

How do I count a day of paid leave taken on a Friday in the private sector?

Publié le 09 octobre 2024 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

A fan of long weekends, Mrs. Y. likes to take her day on Fridays. But she realizes that her employer counts her every Friday and on Saturday, even though she doesn’t work on Saturday. She therefore challenges the counting of her days with her employer so that only the days worked are counted. Is she right?

Service-Public.fr is answering you :

Under the Labor Code, paid leave is earned in working days, i.e. Monday to Saturday, excluding Sunday and public holidays. The counting of the days taken is therefore also done in working days.

In practice, the first day counted is the first day on which the employee should have worked. Once this first day has been found, the count is counted every working day until the return to work.

In Ms. Y’s case, if Friday is the first day she should have worked, then it is the first day counted. Since it only resumes on Mondays, it is also counted on Saturdays, which is a working day.

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