Time Savings Account (TSA) in the Territorial Public Service (FPT)
Verified 09 February 2024 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
You are a territorial public official and you have not taken all your days off or RTT as of December 31? The Time Savings Account (TSA) allows you to save unused days, within certain limits. We'll give you the information you need to remember.
Official
Holder
You can apply to open a TEC, whether you are employed full or non-full-time, if you fill out all conditions following:
- Be continuously employed for at least 1 year
- Not be subject to a different service obligation scheme (35 hours per week) under the special status of your employment framework. This is the case, for example, if you are a teacher or an assistant in artistic teaching.
Trainee
You cannot open of TEC.
If, before being appointed as a trainee, you had a TEC, as a permanent or contractual official, you cannot use the saved days, or accumulate new ones, during your traineeship.
Upon tenure, you will be able to use the days saved on your CET again and save new ones.
The rules for opening, operating, managing and closing the time savings account shall be determined by deliberation.
The TEC may comprise Maximum 60 days.
Exceptionally, in 2024, the maximum number of days that can be saved on your CET is increased to 70 days.
And if you saved days in 2023 beyond 60 days, you can keep them in your account within 70 days.
You are informed every year of the days saved and consumed.
The TEC may be fed on the following days:
- Vacation days (including split days). However, you must take at least 20 days of leave per year
- Working hours reduction days (RTT)
- A part of the rest days granted as compensation for periodic penalty payments or overtime if a deliberation so provides.
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Your CET is no longer than 15 days
If the number of days counted at year-end on your CET is less than or equal to 15, you can either use these days as holidays or leave them on your CET.
The conditions of use of the days saved shall be determined by deliberation.
If a request for leave from the TEC is refused, your administration must inform you of the reason for the refusal. You can appeal to the territorial authority which decides after the opinion of the HEADING: titleContent.
You can claim all your unused vacation days on your CET at the end of the following holidays:
- Maternity or adoption leave
- Paternity and childcare leave
- Caregiver leave
- Family Solidarity Leave
The administration cannot refuse it.
Your CET has more than 15 days
If a deliberation so provides, the days saved on your CET beyond 15 days may be compensated and/or converted into additional pension points.
If there is no deliberation to compensate and/or convert saved days on a CET into additional retirement points, you can only use your saved days as leave.
The conditions of use of the days saved shall be determined by deliberation.
If a request for leave from the TEC is refused, your administration must inform you of the reason for the refusal. You can appeal to the territorial authority which decides after the opinion of the HEADING: titleContent.
Please note
If your CET has more than 60 days end of 2024, the days saved beyond 60 days may be, in subsequent years, maintained on your BOT or used as provided by the deliberation.
If a deliberation provides for the compensation and/or conversion into additional retirement points of the days saved on a CET, you must use as leave or keep on your CET at least 15 days.
And you can request that the days saved beyond 15 days are kept on your CET or compensated and/or converted into additional pension points.
If you choose to keep the days on your CET, you will only be able to use them as holidays.
Depending on what the deliberation says, you can request that your days beyond 15 days be for onere share compensated, for a 2e share converted into supplementary pension points and for a 3e share held on your CET according to the distribution you want.
You must make your choice before 1er February of the following year.
In the absence of any request, the days counted on your CET above 15 are automatically converted into additional pension points.
If a request for leave from the TEC is refused, your administration must inform you of the reason for the refusal. You can appeal to the territorial authority which decides after the opinion of the HEADING: titleContent.
You can claim all your unused vacation days on your CET at the end of the following holidays:
- Maternity or adoption leave
- Paternity and childcare leave
- Caregiver leave
- Family Solidarity Leave
The administration cannot refuse it.
Compensation for days saved
You are paid one allowance per day saved.
The amount depends on your category on the day of your claim.
Categories | A | B | C |
|---|---|---|---|
Gross amount of compensation per day saved | €150 | €100 | €83 |
CSG / CRDS plate (98.25% of the gross amount) | €147.38 | €98.25 | €81.55 |
CSG (9.2%) | €13.56 | €9.04 | €7.50 |
CRDS (0.5%) | €0.74 | €0.49 | €0.41 |
Net amount | €135.70 | €90.47 | €75.09 |
The allowance shall also be subject to contribution to the RAFP: titleContent at the rate of 5% together with your other premiums and allowances, they do not exceed 20% of your raw index treatment.
The allowance is taxable on income.
Conversion to supplementary pension points
You can request that your unused vacation days be converted to PFRP retirement points.
The number of points is calculated from the amount of compensation you are paid when you claim compensation for your saved days.
The net amount of the allowance is divided by the purchase value of the pension point.
Category | Gross amount of the allowance | Number of points per day off |
|---|---|---|
A | €150 | 101 |
B | €100 | 68 |
C | €83 | 56 |
In case of death of an official who has opened a TEC, its rights holders shall be entitled to compensation for the days saved.
You keep the days saved on your CET in the following cases:
- Mutation
- Secondment to the public service
- Availability
- Parental Leave
- Making available in the public service
- Making available to or with a trade union organization
- Direct integration
However, the conditions of use of your days vary according to your situation.
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Mutation
You can use your CET.
The management of your CET is carried out by your host administration.
Secondment to the public service
If you are seconded to the territorial civil service, you can use your CET. It is managed by your host administration.
In case of secondment to the State or hospital civil service, you can use your CET according to the rules applicable in your host administration or hospital.
Availability
You can only use the days saved on your CET with the permission of your home community.
Parental Leave
You can only use the days saved on your CET with the permission of your home community.
Making available in the public service
You can only use the days saved on your CET with the permission of your home community and host administration.
Making available to a trade union organization
You can use your spare days and your BOT is managed by your home community.
Direct integration
In the case of direct integration into the territorial civil service, you can use your CET. It is managed by your host administration.
In the case of direct integration into the State or hospital civil service, you can use your CET according to the rules applicable in your host administration or hospital.
Please note
If you leave definitely in the civil service (resignation, dismissal, retirement...), you must pay your CET before leaving. Otherwise the days are lost.
Contractual
You can apply to open a TEC, whether you are employed full or non-full-time, if you fill out all conditions following:
- Be continuously employed for at least 1 year
- Not be subject to an obligation to serve regime different from the general regime (35 hours per week). This is the case, for example, if you are a teacher or an assistant in artistic teaching.
The rules for opening, operating, managing and closing the time savings account shall be determined by deliberation.
Please note
Employees on assisted contracts and staff engaged in the vacation cannot open from CET.
The TEC may comprise Maximum 60 days.
Exceptionally, in 2024, the maximum number of days that can be saved on your CET is increased to 70 days.
And if you saved days in 2023 beyond 60 days, you can keep them in your account within 70 days.
You are informed every year of the days saved and consumed.
The TEC may be fed on the following days:
- Vacation days (including split days). However, you must take at least 20 days of leave per year
- Working hours reduction days (RTT)
- A part of the rest days granted as compensation for periodic penalty payments or overtime if a deliberation so provides
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Your CET is no longer than 15 days
If the number of days counted at year-end on your CET is less than or equal to 15, you can either use these days as holidays or leave them on your CET.
The conditions of use of the days saved shall be determined by deliberation.
If a request for leave from the TEC is refused, your administration must inform you of the reason for the refusal.
You can claim all your unused vacation days on your CET at the end of the following holidays:
- Maternity or adoption leave
- Paternity and childcare leave
- Caregiver leave
- Family Solidarity Leave
The administration cannot refuse it.
Your CET has more than 15 days
If a deliberation so provides, the days saved on your CET beyond 15 days may be compensated.
If there is no deliberation to compensate for the days saved on a CET, you can only use your days saved as leave.
The conditions of use of the days saved shall be determined by deliberation.
If a request for leave from the TEC is refused, your administration must inform you of the reason for the refusal. You can appeal to the territorial authority which decides after the opinion of the HEADING: titleContent.
Please note
If your CET has more than 60 days end of 2024, the days saved beyond 60 days may be, in subsequent years, maintained on your BOT or compensated if the deliberation so provides.
If a deliberation provides for the compensation of days saved on a CET, you must use as leave or keep on your CET at least 15 days.
And you can request that days saved beyond 15 days be kept on your CET or compensated.
If you choose to keep the days on your CET, you will only be able to use them as holidays.
Depending on what the deliberation says, you can request that your days beyond 15 days be for onere share compensated, for a 2e share held on your CET according to the distribution you want.
You must make your choice before 1er February of the following year.
In the absence of any claim, the days counted on your BOC above 15 are automatically compensated.
If a request for leave from the TEC is refused, your administration must inform you of the reason for the refusal. You can appeal to the territorial authority which decides after the opinion of the HEADING: titleContent.
You can claim all your unused vacation days on your CET at the end of the following holidays:
- Maternity or adoption leave
- Paternity and childcare leave
- Caregiver leave
- Family Solidarity Leave
The administration cannot refuse it.
Compensation for days saved
You are paid one allowance per day saved.
Its gross amount depends on your category on the day of your claim:
- Category A: €150
- Category B: €100
- Category C: €83
The gross amount of compensation is subject to the same contributions than your bonuses and allowances.
The allowance is taxable on income.
In case of death of an official who has opened a TEC, its rights holders shall be entitled to compensation for the days saved.
You keep the days saved on your CET in the following cases:
However, the conditions of use of your days vary according to your situation.
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Parental Leave
You can only use the days saved on your CET with the permission of your home community.
Making available in the public service
You can only use the days saved on your CET with the permission of your home community and host administration.
Making available to a trade union organization
You can use your spare days and your BOT is managed by your home community.
Please note
If you leave definitely in the civil service (resignation, dismissal, retirement...), you must pay your CET before leaving. Otherwise the days are lost.
Additional Public Service Pension Institution (PSPRA)