Compagnie des Signaux grants paid carer and hospitalisation half-days

The Compagnie des Signaux of Courtabœuf and the CFDT, CFE-CGC and FO Métaux signed an accord on 25 September 2025LegifranceLegifrance on paid special exceptional leave, replacing in full the 29 May 2024 accord on hospitalisation leave for a spouse, ascendant or descendant. It applies to every employee on CDI or CDD regardless of status, grade, seniority or working timeLegifrance, for an indefinite term from completion of filing, with the signatories to revisit it at the next négociations annuelles obligatoires.

Hospitalisation of a legal spouse by marriage or PACS, or of a father or mother, opens two paid half-days per calendar year on a hospital certificateLegifrance, combinable into one day with the line manager's agreement. Hospitalisation of each dependent child under 18 or each disabled child opens two paid half-days per child per yearLegifrance on the same proof and combining terms. Recognised disabled workers, and staff in the course of administrative recognition, each receive two paid half-days a yearLegifrance, the latter on proof of an appointment with an approved body such as the CPAM or AgefiphLegifrance, combinable into one day with agreement. The congé proche aidant CSEE for caring for a disabled, elderly or dependent person covers accompanying a father or mother, a person under the employee's legal tutelle or curatelle, or a designated personne de confianceLegifrance: two paid half-days a year on supporting proof or a sworn statementLegifrance, combinable into one day with agreement. All these leaves carry full maintenance of gross base payLegifrance.

To encourage men to take paternity leave, the company tops pay up to 100% during that leaveLegifrance within 11 calendar days a year, or 18 for multiple birthsLegifrance, conditional on one year's seniority at the child's birth. Revision follows article L. 2261-7-1 of the Code du travail with a one-month employer invitation deadline and validity under article L. 2232-12; denunciation carries one month's notice under articles L. 2261-9 et seq. without prejudice to article L. 2261-10. The accord is filed on TéléAccords and with the Conseil des Prud'hommes of Longjumeau and published on the company intranet.

Legal basis: Code du travail articles L. 2261-7-1, L. 2232-12, L. 2261-9 et suivants and L. 2261-10.