Can a public official work during his annual leave?

The following activities may be freely exercised by any public official, i.e. you have no need to approach your employer administration:

• Volunteer activities
• Artistic or creative activities
• Functions of enumerator
• Harvest contract
• Functions of volunteer trustee

The following activities may also be carried out by any public official subject to prior authorization of the employer's administration:

• Expertise and consultation : this expertise or consultation is not limited to your professional area of expertise or the nature of your current duties in the administration. However, you are prohibited from giving consultations, conducting expert opinions or arguing in court in disputes involving a public person, before a French, foreign or international court, unless this service is for the benefit of a public person not in the competitive sectorMicrocompany FAQ
• Education and training : education or training may relate to a subject or field which is not necessarily related to your main activityMicrocompany FAQ
• Activity of a sporting or cultural nature, including coaching and animation in the fields of sport, culture or popular education. These activities include: sports coach, dance teacher, tourist guide, hiking guide, animator of aerated centers or holiday camps, etc.Microcompany FAQ
• Agricultural activity on a holding whether or not constituted as a business. If the holding is set up as a business, you must not perform the duties of manager, director-general or member of the board of directors unless it is the management of your personal and family assets.Microcompany FAQ
• Working spouse activity within an enterprise craft, commercial or professional: the spouse of the head of a commercial, craft or professional company is considered to be a collaborating spouse if he or she carries on a regular professional activity in the company without receiving remuneration and without having the status of partnerMicrocompany FAQ
• Home help to one ascendant, a descendant, to your husband, partner of Civil partnerships: titleContent or cohabitation allowing you to collect, possibly in exchange for the aid that you bring, the corresponding allocations (Apa, PCH)Microcompany FAQ
• Low-level work in individuals : this includes household and family work and small gardening operations, including brush clearing on small areasMicrocompany FAQ
• Activity of general interest exercised with a public person or with a private non-profit person (association, foundation, association contributing to the public service). In the case of insured activity with a public person, it may not be a question of filling a vacancy, including a non-full-time or incomplete job, whatever the duration of workMicro-Enterprise FAQ
• Public interest mission of international cooperation or with bodies of general interest of an international nature or a foreigner StateMicro-Enterprise FAQ
• Personal services.This covers the following activities: childcare, assistance for the elderly, disabled persons or other persons who need personal assistance at home or mobility assistance, household or family tasks for persons at home.Microcompany FAQ
• Sale of personally produced goodsMicro-Enterprise FAQ
• School bus driver : authorization may not be granted to you for a period of beyond 29 december 2025

Your activity must be compatible with your functions and without affecting the operation of the public service.

Your employer administration may refuse your request for the cumulation of activities or oppose your continuing to exercise it for the following reasons:

• This is justified by the interest of the service
• The information you provided during your request is incorrect
• This combination of activities is incompatible with your duties, given your ethical obligations.

The activity may be regarded as ancillary irrespective of the number of hours worked or the remuneration obtained. The law does not set a maximum number of hours or a maximum remuneration.