Framatome Le Creusot adds continuous shifts with premiums up to 32%

Framatome's Le Creusot forge establishment has overhauled its working-time rules in avenant n° 2 to the 2013 working-time accordLegifrance, signed on 29 June 2026 with the CFDT, CFE-CGC and CGT and effective 1 October 2026 for an indefinite termLegifrance. The text consolidates the 2013 accord and its 9 June 2016 avenant with new provisions driven by the nuclear sector's revival: rising orders, including the Forge+ project under study, require shift patterns that can run the forge and machining shops quasi-continuously while preserving safety and competitiveness on cost and lead times.

Annual working time from 1 January to 31 December is set at 1,603 hours including the journée de solidarité for day workers and 2x8, 2x8 Presse, 3x8 14-poste and 3x8 15-poste shiftsLegifrance; 1,539 hours for continuous 5x8 crewsLegifrance; 1,101 hours for temporary weekend crewsLegifrance; and a 212-day forfait for cadres. Day non-cadres work variable hours around fixed slots of 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., with up to 7.80 hours carried month to month and recovery of credit hours capped at 5 days or 10 half-days a year. Overtime earns the statutory 25% for the first 8 hoursLegifrance and 50% beyondLegifrance, convertible into compensatory rest or a time-savings account, with the annual contingent at 220 hours.

The avenant creates a new 3x8 15-poste shift for the machining shopLegifrance, paying a 20% monthly march premiumLegifrance plus a 50% exceptional uplift for Friday-night hoursLegifrance, paired with a new weekend SD march at a 26% premiumLegifrance; both activate only once at least 30% of machining crews can staff them durablyLegifrance. The forge gains a weekend VSD march at a 23% premiumLegifrance, conditional on two full skilled teams for at least 6 months. Existing premiums range from 8% for 2x8Legifrance to 32% for 5x8Legifrance, which includes Sunday and holiday payLegifrance with an extra 100% for 1 May hours. JRTT run from 22 days for day workers to 15 for the 212-day cadre package, with none generated by 2x8 Presse, 5x8 or weekend marches.

Employees moving to a less demanding shift keep the pay differential degressively: 100% then 65% then 30% over 9 months for a voluntary moveLegifrance, over 12 months for a management-imposed or unfitness moveLegifrance, extended by shift seniority up to 18 months at full rate beyond 30 years. Dressing time earns 4 rest days a year, shower time 15 paid minutes, and the Saint Laurent leave brings paid leave to 26 working days.

Legal basis: Framatome Le Creusot avenant n° 2 of 29 June 2026 (effective 1 October 2026), applying articles L. 3121-1, L. 3121-58 and L. 2261-7 du Code du travail and the metallurgy branch convention.