Consulting firm ends extra leave for split holidays

Employees of a consulting-sector company (IDCC 1486, bureaux d'études) lose the extra leave days for splitting their main holiday outside the legal leave-taking periodLegifrance, under an indefinite-term company accordLegifrance signed in Paris on 10 February 2026Legifrance. The accord applies to all employees regardless of status, classification or working-time pattern, takes effect the day after filingLegifrance on the Ministry of Labour's téléprocédure platformLegifrance, and leaves the main holiday entitlement itself untouchedLegifrance.

The accord is concluded under article L. 3141-21 of the code du travail, in a field where the company accord takes precedence within the meaning of article L. 2253-3, and, there being no union delegate, by elected staff-delegation members of the CSE representing the majority of votes cast, under article L. 2232-23-1. The preamble states the company's position: splitting the main leave outside the legal period is required neither by the business nor by its work organisation, arises at the employee's initiative for personal reasons subject to the employer's express agreement, and the default extra-day rules were in practice producing systematic individual written waivers with significant administrative burden.

From its entry into force, the extra leave days for fractionnement provided by the default statutory and sector rules no longer apply in the company: no extra day may be claimed or granted for splitting the main leaveLegifrance, generally, uniformly and without discrimination. The right to the main leave itself is expressly maintained in fullLegifrance; the accord neither aims at nor has the effect of reducing the number of statutory paid-leave daysLegifrance.

The stated purpose is to simplify and secure the internal process durably: no more individual written waivers, no heavy repetitive procedures carrying risks of error or unequal treatment, with uniform, legible and predictable validation of leave for employees, managers and the company. The accord may be revised or denounced under articles L. 2261-7 et seq. of the code du travail and is subject to the standard filing formalities on the official collective-agreement platform.

Legal basis: Accord d'entreprise à durée indéterminée relatif à la suppression des jours de congés supplémentaires pour fractionnement, signed 10 February 2026 (articles L. 3141-21, L. 2253-3 and L. 2232-23-1 of the code du travail cited therein).