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Sick leave To be able to benefit from daily allowances, contributions have to have been paid for 200 hours during the 3 months prior to stopping work. On presentation of form E104, the periods for which contributions have been paid in another European country are taken into account. Maternity leave Maternity leave is 16 weeks per child (6 weeks before and 10 weeks after the birth). Paternity leave Paternity leave is 11 consecutive calendar days in the case of a single birth and 18 days in the case of multiple births, as from the birth of the child. This leave cannot be split up. It can be taken together with the 3 day leave granted on the birth of a child.
Parental child-rearing leave Following maternity leave, in order to look after the child, either parent who is an employee may ask to benefit from this. Maximum of three years. Parental presence leave To look after a child who is disabled, has suffered an accident or is seriously ill. Individual training leave (CIF) This cannot exceed one year. Partial maintenance of the salary is guaranteed. Sabbatical leave Between 6 and 11 months. Eligibility for some of these types of leave may be conditional upon seniority in the company, or minimum contributions paid to the public social security scheme. A useful mobility site: ec.europa.eu/eures
Public holidays 1 January New Year’s Day (Jour de l’an) Date moveable Easter Sunday and Monday (Pâques) 1 May May Day (fête du Travail) 8 May Victory in Europe Day (Jour de la Victoire) Date moveable Ascension Thursday, 39 days after Easter (Ascension)
Date moveable White Monday, Monday after Pentecost (Lundi de Pentecôte) 14 July Bastille Day (Fête nationale) 15 August Assumption (l’Assomption) 1 November All Saints’ Day (Toussaint) 11 November Armistice Day (Jour de l’Armistice, 1918) 25 December Christmas Day (Jour de Noël) (In Alsace and Moselle, Easter Friday and the day after Christmas are local holidays)
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