Forced days off in the public service

Who is involved?

These measures concern:

• civil servants and contract staff governed by public law in the civil service of the State;
• government workers;
• judicial magistrates;
• officials of the territorial civil service if their territorial authority (municipalities, departments, regions, etc.) has decided to apply them and has laid down the conditions for doing so. The number of days of leave imposed can then be modulated. However, it may not exceed the ceiling laid down for public servants.

They do not concern:

• teachers;
• hospital civil servants.

Agents with special leave of absence

They may be required to take up to 10 days off:

• 5 days of RTT retroactive from 16 March 2020 to 16 April 2020;
• and 5 additional days of RTT or vacation leave between April 17, 2020 and May 31, 2020.

For those who do not have RTT days or do not have enough, these days will be counted against the annual leave, up to a limit of 6 days.

For example, a person who is authorized to be absent throughout the period and who has only 3 days of RTT will have to set these 3 days of RTT and, in addition, set aside 6 days of annual leave.

The number of days shall be prorated according to the duration of the special leave.

For part-time staff, the number of RTT days and of compulsory holidays shall be prorated.

Teleworking agents

For teleworking agents, if justified by operational requirements, the Head of Service may impose 5 working days of reduction or, failing that, annual leave between 17 April 2020 and 31 May 2020.

The head of department shall specify the dates of the RTT or annual leave days within a period of advance notice of at least 1 clear day. The number of days is prorated according to the length of telework.

Agents who have alternated normal on-site, telework, and ASA

For staff who, since 16 March, have followed different periods, a pro-rata system is introduced. The number of days of RTT and annual leave that may be imposed on them will therefore be calculated in proportion to their normal period of activity, their period of telework and their period in ASA.

For all

• RTTs or leave requested and taken voluntarily since March 16 are deducted from these imposed days.
• The number of days of compulsory RTT or annual leave may be reduced by sick leave which has occurred in all or part of the same period.