FranceListe CR, n° 194 · Living in French society
When an employer wants an employee to work longer than the hours set in the employment contract:
In the exam (French)
Lorsqu'un employeur veut qu'un salarié travaille plus longtemps que la durée prévue dans le contrat de travail :
- athey can impose as many hours as they want, without any limit.il peut imposer autant d’heures qu’il veut, sans limite.
- bthese extra hours must be paid or compensated with time off.ces heures en plus doivent être payées ou compensées par du repos.Correct answer
- cthese extra hours may be left unpaid.ces heures en plus peuvent ne pas être payées.
- dthey must first get the town hall’s agreement.il doit d’abord obtenir l’accord de la mairie.
Why?
Hours worked beyond the agreed working time are overtime (heures supplémentaires), or additional hours (heures complémentaires) for a part-time job. The employer must pay them, usually at a higher rate, or allow the employee to take the time off later. There are also maximum working times that must be respected.
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Knowledge questions: Ministry of the Interior (DIAN), official lists of knowledge questions CSP and CR, formation-civique.interieur.gouv.fr, Licence Ouverte 2.0, read on 21 October 2026; the official list for naturalisation, immigration.interieur.gouv.fr (DGEF), Licence Ouverte 2.0, read on 25 October 2026. The answer options, the explanations, the situations and the English translation are ours, written with AI; in the exam the questions are in French. This is not a ministry service.
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