Annual leave in the public service
Verified 24 May 2024 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
Are you a public servant and would like to know the rules concerning annual leave in the public service? We present you the information to know according to your public service of origin (State - FPE, territorial - FPT, hospital - FPH).
EPF
General Calculation Rule
You are entitled, for one year of completed service of 1er January to December 31, paid annual leave of a duration equal to 5 times the number of days worked per week.
This applies whether you are a public servant (trainee or incumbent) or a contract employee and whether you work full-time, part-time or on a non-full-time or incomplete employment.
This applies if you are a public servant on secondment.
Working time | Number of days worked per week | Annual leave |
|---|---|---|
Full-time (100%) | 5 | 25 working days (5 x 5 working days per week) |
Part-time (90%) | 4.5 | 22.5 working days (5 x 4.5 working days per week) |
Part-time (80%) | 4 | 20 working days (5 x 4 working days per week) |
Part-time (70%) | 3.5 | 17.5 working days (5 x 3.5 work days per week) |
Part-time (60%) | 3 | 15 working days (5 x 3 working days per week) |
Part-time (50%) | 2.5 | 12.5 working days (5 x 2.5 working days per week) |
If you're not working calendar year complete, the duration of your annual leave shall be calculated in proportion to the duration of the services performed.
The number of days obtained is rounded up to the next half day if necessary.
Example :
If you work full-time 5 days a week for 9 out of 12 months, you are entitled to 18.75 days of leave, rounded to 19 days (25 x 9 / 12).
FYI
Some staff may be subject to special rules (e.g. teachers).
Some leave is considered to be periods of completed service and do not reduce your annual leave entitlements.
These are the following holidays:
- Leave of absence disease, of long illness, of long life, of serious illness
- Leave for temporary invalidity attributable to service (Citis)
- Leave of absence motherhood or of adoption, 3-day leave for birth or adoption, paternity and childcare leave
- Vocational training leave, for validation of experience, for skills assessment
- Union Training Leave
- Leave for health and safety training if you are a staff representative on the Social Committee
- Youth leader and youth worker training leave
- Volunteer head of association leave
- Family Solidarity Leave
- Citizenship Leave
- Leave to perform a period of activity in the operational reserve, the civil security reserve, the health reserve or the civil reserve of the national police
- Parental leave
- Caregiver leave
Additional Days Off
If you take a specified number of days of vacation leave, outside period 1er may - 31 october, you have extra days off (called split days).
Days off taken outside period 1er may - 31 october | Number of additional days |
|---|---|
5 | 1 |
6 | 1 |
7 | 1 |
8 and up | 2 |
Agent under 21
If you have under 21 at 1er January of the year, you can claim full vacation leave even if you have not worked the full year.
In this case, the days granted in addition to your earned leave entitlements are not paid.
Example :
If you worked full time 5 days a week from 1 January to 31 August, you can apply for 25 days of leave but only 17 days out of 25 are paid (25 x 8 /12 = 16.6 rounded to 17).
General rule
The schedule of leave is determined by your head of department, after consultation with all staff.
Leave may be split in the interests of the service.
You cannot be away more than 31 calendar days consecutive.
However, you may exceptionally be allowed to accumulate your leave beyond 31 days for travel to your country of origin or accompany your husband to his country of origin.
If you're a caregiver, you have priority in choosing your annual leave periods.
Reminder
You can only work during your holidays in some special cases,
Postponement and compensation of leave
Vacation leave may be carried over from one year to the next, only with the exceptional permission of your employer's administration.
However, annual leave not taken due to sick leave or accident in service may be carried over from one year to the next, under certain conditions.
Under certain conditions, leave not taken in the course of a year may be paid on a Time Savings Account (TSA).
Leave not taken shall not give rise to compensatory allowance.
However, if you are a contractual employee, you are entitled to an annual leave allowance at the end of a CSD: titleContent or in the event of resignation, if you have not been able to take all or part of your leave due to service requirements or for health reasons.
You are also entitled to an annual leave allowance for the same reason in the case of dismissal for non-disciplinary reasons.
The annual leave allowance shall be equal to 10e of your total gross remuneration received between 1er January and December 31 of the current year.
The allowance shall be proportional to the number of days of annual leave not taken.
The allowance may not be less than the amount of remuneration you would have received during the period of annual leave due and not taken.
It is subject to the same contributions as your remuneration.
The days of recovery of working time (RTT) in the event of the legal working time being exceeded, you are granted the right to work according to the organization of the working time in your assignment department (work cycles, variable hours, flat-rate days).
FPT
General Calculation Rule
You are entitled, for one year of completed service of 1er January to December 31, paid annual leave of a duration equal to 5 times the number of days worked per week.
This applies whether you are a public servant (trainee or incumbent) or a contract employee and whether you work full-time, part-time or on a non-full-time or incomplete employment.
This applies if you are a public servant on secondment.
Working time | Number of days worked per week | Annual leave |
|---|---|---|
Full-time (100%) | 5 | 25 working days (5 x 5 working days per week) |
Part-time (90%) | 4.5 | 22.5 working days (5 x 4.5 working days per week) |
Part-time (80%) | 4 | 20 working days (5 x 4 working days per week) |
Part-time (70%) | 3.5 | 17.5 working days (5 x 3.5 work days per week) |
Part-time (60%) | 3 | 15 working days (5 x 3 working days per week) |
Part-time (50%) | 2.5 | 12.5 working days (5 x 2.5 working days per week) |
If you're not working calendar year complete, the duration of your annual leave shall be calculated in proportion to the duration of the services performed.
The number of days obtained is rounded up to the next half day if necessary.
Example :
If you work full-time 5 days a week for 9 out of 12 months, you are entitled to 18.75 days of leave, rounded to 19 days (25 x 9 / 12).
FYI
Some staff may be subject to special rules (e.g. teachers).
Some leave is considered to be periods of completed service and do not reduce your annual leave entitlements.
These are the following holidays:
- Leave of absence disease, of long illness, of long life, of serious illness
- Leave for temporary invalidity attributable to service (Citis)
- Leave of absence motherhood or of adoption, 3-day leave for birth or adoption, paternity and childcare leave
- Vocational training leave, for validation of experience, for skills assessment
- Union Training Leave
- Leave for health and safety training if you are a staff representative on the Social Committee
- Youth leader and youth worker training leave
- Volunteer head of association leave
- Family Solidarity Leave
- Citizenship Leave
- Leave to perform a period of activity in the operational reserve, the civil security reserve, the health reserve or the civil reserve of the national police
- Parental leave
- Caregiver leave
Additional Days Off
If you take a specified number of days of vacation leave, outside period 1er may - 31 october, you have extra days off (called split days).
Days off taken outside period 1er may - 31 october | Number of additional days |
|---|---|
5 | 1 |
6 | 1 |
7 | 1 |
8 and up | 2 |
Agent under 21
If you have under 21 at 1er January of the year, you can claim full vacation leave even if you have not worked the full year.
In this case, the days granted in addition to your earned leave entitlements are not paid.
Example :
If you worked full time 5 days a week from 1 January to 31 August, you can apply for 25 days of leave but only 17 days out of 25 are paid (25 x 8 /12 = 16.6 rounded to 17).
General rule
The schedule of leave is determined by your head of department, after consultation with all staff.
Leave may be split in the interests of the service.
You cannot be away more than 31 calendar days consecutive.
However, if you are originally from Corsica, you can request to accumulate your annual leave over 2 years to get there.
You may also be authorized exceptionally to accumulate your leave beyond 31 days for travel to your country of origin or accompany your spouse to his or her country of origin.
If you're a caregiver, you have priority in choosing your annual leave periods.
Reminder
You can only work during your holidays in some special cases.
Postponement and compensation of leave
Annual leave may be carried over from one year to the next only with the exceptional permission of your employer's administration.
However, annual leave not taken due to sick leave or accident in service may be carried over from one year to the next, under certain conditions.
Under certain conditions, leave not taken in the course of a year may be paid on a Time Savings Account (TSA).
Leave not taken shall not give rise to compensatory allowance.
However, if you are a contractual employee, you are entitled to an annual leave allowance at the end of a CSD: titleContent or in the event of resignation, if you have not been able to take all or part of your leave due to service requirements or for health reasons.
You are also entitled to an annual leave allowance for the same reason in the case of dismissal for non-disciplinary reasons.
The annual leave allowance shall be equal to 10e of your total gross remuneration received between 1er January and December 31 of the current year.
The allowance shall be proportional to the number of days of annual leave not taken.
The allowance may not be less than the amount of remuneration you would have received during the period of annual leave due and not taken.
It is subject to the same contributions as your remuneration.
The days of recovery of working time (RTT) in the event of the legal working time being exceeded, you are granted the right to work according to the organization of the working time in your assignment department (work cycles, variable hours, flat-rate days).
FPH
General rule
You are entitled, for one year of completed service of 1er January to December 31, paid annual leave of a duration equal to 5 times the number of days worked per week.
This applies whether you are a public servant (trainee or incumbent) or a contract employee and whether you work full-time, part-time or on a non-full-time or incomplete employment.
This applies if you are a public servant on secondment.
Example :
Working time | Number of days worked per week | Annual leave |
|---|---|---|
Full-time (100%) | 5 | 25 working days (5 x 5 working days per week) |
Part-time (80%) | 4 | 20 working days (5 x 4 working days per week) |
Part-time (50%) | 2.5 | 12.5 working days (5 x 2.5 working days per week) |
If you're not working calendar year complete, you are entitled to annual leave of 2 working days per month or fraction of a month exceeding 15 days.
Example :
You work full-time from April 10 to December 31, you are entitled to 18 days off (9 x 2).
Some leave is considered to be periods of completed service and do not reduce your annual leave entitlements.
These are the following holidays:
- Leave of absence disease, of long illness, of long life, of serious illness
- Leave for temporary invalidity attributable to service (Citis)
- Leave of absence motherhood or of adoption, 3-day leave for birth or adoption, paternity and childcare leave
- Vocational training leave, for validation of experience, for skills assessment
- Union Training Leave
- Leave for health and safety training if you are a staff representative on the Social Committee
- Youth leader and youth worker training leave
- Volunteer head of association leave
- Family Solidarity Leave
- Citizenship Leave
- Leave to perform a period of activity in the operational reserve, the civil security reserve, the health reserve or the civil reserve of the national police
- Parental leave
- Caregiver leave
Additional Days Off
If you take a specified number of days of vacation leave outside period 1er may - 31 october, you have extra days off (called split days).
Days off taken outside period 1er may - 31 october | Number of additional days |
|---|---|
3 | 1 |
4 | 1 |
5 | 1 |
6 and above | 2 |
You are also entitled to an additional day of leave if you take your annual leave in at least 3 periods of at least 5 days each.
General rule
The estimated holiday schedule shall be drawn up by your head of department, after consulting all staff and taking into account the service requirements.
It shall be made available to the staff no later than 31 March every year.
You can enjoy 3 consecutive weeks of annual leave during the summer period, unless the service is strictly operational.
You cannot be away more than 31 calendar days consecutive.
However, if you are originally from Corsica, you can request to accumulate your annual leave over 2 years to get there.
If you are a caregiver, you have priority in the choice of your annual leave periods.
Reminder
You can only work during your holidays in some special cases.
Postponement and compensation of leave
Annual leave may be carried over from one year to the next only with the exceptional authorization of the employer's administration.
However, annual leave not taken due to sick leave or accident in service may be carried over from one year to the next, under certain conditions.
Under certain conditions, leave not taken in the course of a year may be paid on a Time Savings Account (TSA).
Leave not taken shall not give rise to compensatory allowance.
However, if you are a contractual employee, you are entitled to an annual leave allowance at the end of a CSD: titleContent or in the event of resignation, if you have not been able to take all or part of your leave due to service requirements or for health reasons.
You are also entitled to an annual leave allowance for the same reason in the case of dismissal for non-disciplinary reasons.
The annual leave allowance shall be equal to 10e of your total gross remuneration received between 1er January and December 31 of the current year.
The allowance shall be proportional to the number of days of annual leave not taken.
The allowance may not be less than the amount of remuneration you would have received during the period of annual leave due and not taken.
It is subject to the same contributions as your remuneration.
The days of recovery of working time (RTT) in the event of the legal working time being exceeded, you are granted the right to work according to the organization of the working time in your assignment department (work cycles, variable hours, flat-rate days).
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