Hours of work in the Hospital Public Service (HPS)
Verified 01 January 2023 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
Working hours in the hospital civil service are fixed at 35 hours per week or 1,607 hours per year, except for certain categories of staff. Working time may not exceed certain daily and weekly working hours.
General case
The actual legal working time in a public hospital is fixed at 1 607 hours per year or 35 hours on average per week.
Variable resting agent
The actual annual working time of a staff member on variable rest periods shall be 1 582 hours.
You are on variable rest if you work at least 10 Sundays or public holidays per year.
The duration of 1,582 hours may be reduced if you receive 1, 2 or 3 additional days of annual leave splitting machine.
Reminder
You get an extra 1 day of annual leave if you take 3, 4 or 5 working days leave, whether consecutive or not, outside period 1er May - 31 October. You benefit from a 2e additional day off if you take at least 6 working days off outside the same period. And you get a 3e additional day off if you split your vacation into at least 3 periods of at least 5 working days each.
If you spend at least 20 Sundays or public holidays a year, you will receive an additional 2 days of compensatory rest.
Night work
The actual annual working time of a staff member who works exclusively at night shall be 1 476 hours.
You work exclusively at night if you 90% your annual working time between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m., or for 9 consecutive hours between 9 p.m. and 7 a.m.
Your working time is counted hour by hour.
The duration of 1,476 hours may be reduced if you receive 1, 2 or 3 additional days of annual leave splitting machine.
Reminder
You get an extra 1 day of annual leave if you take 3, 4 or 5 working days leave, whether consecutive or not, outside period 1er May - 31 October. You benefit from a 2e additional day off if you take at least 6 working days off outside the same period. And you get a 3e additional day off if you split your vacation into at least 3 periods of at least 5 working days each.
If you alternate between daytime and nighttime hours, your actual annual working time is reduced in proportion to the periods of night work done.
Please note
If you work exclusively at night, you cannot benefit from the reductions in the actual annual working time provided for in the case of variable rest or boarding school servitude.
Servitude of boarding school
The actual annual working time of a staff member in bonded confinement shall be 1 607 hours.
However, you have 5 working days additional compensatory rest periods per quarter, except during the quarter including the summer period.
You are in boarding school bondage if you work in a boarding school that operates all year round (hostel)Ase: titleContent for example) and if you are performing at least 10 nightly monitors per quarter.
If a holiday coincides with one of the five quarterly compensating rest days, you are not entitled to any additional compensating leave.
Quarterly compensatory rest days are not allocated if you are on leave or on authorized absence for more than 3 weeks during the quarter. This does not apply in the case of absence for training.
Periods of night-time surveillance in a waking room completed between bedtime and waking hours of patients may not exceed 12 hours.
The hours are counted hour by hour.
Each period is counted as 3 hours of actual work for the first 9 hours and 1 half hour for each hour after 9 hours.
In the case of intervention with a patient, the intervention time shall be taken into account in its entirety as actual working time. The duration of each intervention shall always be at least ½ hour.
If you are subject to this equivalency plan, you cannot work more than 48 hours per week on average over a period of 4 consecutive months. You can't work more than 12 hours per night, over a 24-hour period. You are entitled to a rest period at least equivalent to the number of hours worked after 8me time.
Management staff
The duration of the work shall be counted in days for the management staff.
The same applies to staff whose working hours cannot be predetermined and who have a great deal of autonomy in the organization of their working time.
The list of bodies or missions concerned shall be determined by ministerial decree.
The head of establishment may grant the benefit of this working time statement in days to staff other than those belonging to the bodies or missions listed by ministerial order.
In order to benefit from this count, you must have a great deal of autonomy in the organization of your schedule. And your working hours should not be predetermined.
You must ask your head of institution.
This calculation in days of the duration of working time shall be 208 working days per year after deduction of 20 days of RTT.
This statement may be reduced if you have 1, 2 or 3 additional days of annual leave splitting machine.
Reminder
You get an extra 1 day of annual leave if you take 3, 4 or 5 working days leave, whether consecutive or not, outside period 1er May - 31 October. You benefit from a 2e additional day off if you take at least 6 working days off outside the same period. And you get a 3e additional day off if you split your vacation into at least 3 periods of at least 5 working days each.
Actual working hours include the time you are at the disposal of your employer and must comply with his instructions without being able to freely go about personal activities.
We are talking about actual working hours.
Recovery and break times are considered to be effective working times if you need to remain reachable at any time to take immediate action and ensure your service.
If the wearing of work clothes is compulsory, the dressing and undressing time shall be considered as actual working time.
Daily working time
The daily rest period shall be at least 12 consecutive hours.
However, it may be fixed at a minimum of 11 consecutive hours by the head of the establishment after collective agreement.
A 20-minute break shall be granted when the daily working time exceeds 6 consecutive hours.
FYI
If you regularly or occasionally transfer users or persons accommodated between establishments, your head of establishment may, after consulting the Social Committee, apply a specific daily working time to you.
In case of continuous work, the daily working time may not exceed 9 hours for day shifts and 10 hours for night shifts.
However, if the constraints of continuity of service so require, the head of establishment may impose a longer working time, after consulting the Social Committee. In this case, however, the working day's amplitude (including the break time) may not exceed 12 hours.
The head of establishment may decide to apply a different daily working time to staff members who regularly or occasionally transfer users between establishments. This decision shall be subject to the prior opinion of the Social Committee.
In case of discontinuous work, the working day may not exceed 10.30 hours (i.e. including break time). This period may not be divided into more than two 3-hour or more vaccinations.
If you are involved in caring for users at home, you may be subject to discontinuous working hours. In this case, the head of the establishment may, after obtaining the opinion of the Social Committee, decide to apply a working week greater than 10.30 hours within the limit of 12 hours.
Weekly Duration
Working hours, including overtime, may not exceed 48 hours by rolling 7-day period (i.e. from date to date).
You must have a minimum weekly rest period of 36 consecutive hours.
The number of rest days is set at 4 days for 2 weeks. At least two of them must be consecutive, including one Sunday.
The organization and distribution of working hours shall be determined by the head of establishment, after consulting the Social Committee. The head of the establishment shall take account of the need to ensure continuity of care or care for users on Sundays, public holidays and at night.
Work Cycles
Working time is organized into periods called work cycles.
The work cycle shall be defined by department or function by the head of establishment after consulting the Social Committee.
The work cycle duration cannot be less than one week (Monday through Sunday) or more than 12 weeks.
The work cycle is a reference period of identical duration.
The number of hours worked in the weeks making up the cycle can be irregular.
Working hours are defined within the work cycle so that the annual working time is within the legal duration (1,607 hours or less).
You may not work more than 44 hours per week (excluding overtime).
In the case of irregular cycles, you cannot work more than 39 hours per week on average on the cycle, excluding overtime, nor more than 44 hours per week, excluding overtime.
Where the working cycle provides for working hours exceeding 35 hours per week, hours worked in excess of the legal duration shall give rise to RTT.
RTT days can be taken outside the work cycle, up to 20 working days per year.
Hours worked beyond the legal duration, once RTT days have been granted, constitute overtime. Overtime shall be counted over the cycle. Compensatory rest periods must be taken as part of the work cycle.
Annualization of working time
Instead of being organized in cycles, working time may be annualized to adjust to changes in activity throughout the calendar year.
Annualization of working time shall be decided by the head of establishment, after collective agreement.
Where working time is annualized, the average weekly working time must be between 32 hours and 40 hours.
Variable Hours
The work may be organized in variable hours, provided that operational requirements permit, after obtaining the opinion of the social committee.
That organization shall define a reference period during which the staff member must work a number of hours corresponding to the prescribed duration.
The working hours are counted by a time-keeping system and a device debit credit allows you to carry a limited number of working hours from one period to the next.
A maximum number of hours may be debited or credited to each agent.
Variable schedules have fixed ranges (during which all agents are present) and mobile ranges (during which each agent chooses his arrival and departure times daily).
If you are unable to complete all of your daily working time due to an authorized or justified absence, you are considered to have completed the 5thme your average weekly working time over your work cycle.
When you complete a training that is part of the training plan, the work counted is the duration of the training.
Service Table
A work schedule specifies your work schedule for each month.
It is given at least 15 days in advance.
This service table must be available at all times.
Any change in the allocation of working hours shall, except in the case of an emergency duty, be carried over to the duty roster 48 hours in advance. You must be informed immediately.