The 35 hours are still not respected in some municipalities
Working 35 hours is still not the rule in some municipalities. However, it has been an obligation since the 1uh January for all territorial agents. But cities like Toulouse, Strasbourg or even Paris have still not raised the legal working time.
While most mayors have fallen into line on time, some have not yet done so
The file is explosive because it calls into question years of social peace paid for at a high price. In fact, many local authorities did not really apply the 35 hours which never resulted in an increase in the working time of their agents. They had brought themselves into compliance but in exchange, they had additional days off to make up for the surplus. RTT most often, of the order of eight to ten days per year. It is precisely these compensation mechanisms that they must remove before December 31 as part of a law passed in 2019. ‘have not yet often feared encountering the refusal of their agents.
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This is the case in Toulouse, where garbage collectors have been on strike since mid-December to protest against the passage to 35 hours. It must be said that their unions are demanding in return 34 days of additional leave. Which is absolutely unimaginable, even if their Marseille counterparts have obtained 28 more days of leave. So, of course, the arduous nature of certain municipal jobs may justify a reduction in working time, provided for by law. But not in such proportions and not for all agents, as the City of Paris wished to do before being challenged by administrative justice. The obligation to change to 35 hours is an opportunity to break one of the great taboos in our economy, the lack of productivity of our local communities. Many mayors have been able to seize it to reform their administration. It was not necessary that a few recalcitrant exonerate themselves from it. This is all the more important since after the cities, it will be the turn of the departments and regions by 2023.
Francois Vidal