The summer vacation is fast approaching, but the usual vacation time has been special this year. The law establishing the state of health emergency gave companies a free hand in terms of duration and vacation dates. 

The laying of holidays took a particular turn this summer. The law establishing the state of health emergency gave companies a free hand in terms of duration and vacation dates. At Société Générale, for example, employees are encouraged to make the most of their days off and their ARTT days before the end of the year.

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If they do not ask them, their days will be lost because the possibility they had until then of placing the days not taken in a time-savings account is eliminated. This is one of the clauses of the Covid-19 crisis exit agreement signed on June 18 by management and three unions.

Renault cuts summer vacation

The message sent by the management of the bank to the employees is clear: do not save your days for later, take a lot right away because we will need you at the start of the school year when the expected restart of the activity.

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At Renault, the logic is on the contrary to reduce the summer holidays: the Sandouville employees, whose return to work had been postponed in May by court order, will ultimately only have two weeks of vacation this summer for make up for part of the lost production. What will happen in the other French factories of the group? Response around mid-July, says management, according to developments in the automotive market and the time required for maintenance work.