Does the dressing time of a public official count as working time?
Verified 01 January 2023 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
You are a police officer, a nurse, a maintenance officer, etc., and you must wear special clothing to perform your duties. Depending on your public service of origin, the time spent dressing and undressing is considered or not as actual working time.
State Civil Service (EPF)
If you have to wear a uniform to perform your duties, the time you spend dressing and undressing is not considered to be actual working time.
The time you spend dressing and undressing is not considered to be actual working time even if you do so at your workplace.
Actual working time is the time you are at the disposal of your employer administration and must comply with its directives without being able to go about your personal business freely.
The dressing and undressing time is a time during which you are ready to take up your service without being able to comply with the instructions of your superiors.
Territorial (FPT)
If you have to wear a uniform to perform your duties, the time you spend dressing and undressing is not considered to be actual working time.
The time you spend dressing and undressing is not considered to be actual working time even if you do so at your workplace.
Actual working time is the time you are at the disposal of your employer administration and must comply with its directives without being able to go about your personal business freely.
The dressing and undressing time is a time during which you are ready to take up your service without being able to comply with the instructions of your superiors.
Hospital (FPH)
Where the head of the establishment makes it compulsory to wear work clothes after consulting the Social Committee, the time spent dressing and undressing shall be regarded as actual working time.
The dressing and undressing time is therefore paid.
On the other hand, there is no provision for remuneration or compensation for any time spent showering at the workplace in the event of dirty work.