Kiko Milano France puts autonomous cadre staff on 218-day forfait

Autonomous cadre staff at KIKO Milano France move onto a 218-day annual forfait (forfait annuel en jours) with at least 11 RTT daysLegifrance a year, a written workload-alert procedure and detailed disconnection rulesLegifrance, under a company accord signed in Paris on 24 April 2025Legifrance between the company and the elected CSE membersLegifrance acting under article L. 2232-25 of the code du travail. Only autonomous employees (salariés autonomes) within the meaning of article L. 3121-58 are coveredLegifrance: currently cadre staff at the head office or in support functions with genuine freedom over working hours and no predetermined scheduleLegifrance. Employees on employé status, in execution roles or on predetermined hours, are expressly excludedLegifrance.

The accord replaces the days-forfait provisions of the 16 March 2018 working-time agreement and its 18 March 2021 amendmentLegifrance, denounced by the CSE in January 2024Legifrance, and operates as an accord de substitution within the meaning of article L. 2261-10. It runs for an indefinite term and takes effect once the publicity formalities are completedLegifrance.

Each forfait requires an individual written agreement in the contract or an amendment, stating the duties that justify it and the lump-sum character of pay. The reference period runs from 1 April to 31 MarchLegifrance. The forfait is 218 days a year including the journée de solidarité, for an employee present the whole period with full paid-leave rights takenLegifrance; mid-period moves are prorated by calendar days of presenceLegifrance, and reduced forfaits may be agreed as a percentage of 218 days. Pay is a monthly lump sum for the agreed number of daysLegifrance, prorated on the same presence basis, with unpaid absences reducing pay proportionally. To stay within the 218-day ceiling, employees receive variable RTT days, at least 11 per reference periodLegifrance including the journée de solidarité taken on Whit MondayLegifrance, by whole or half days with the manager's agreement on 15 calendar days' noticeLegifrance. RTT days may be attached to paid leave without exceeding three consecutive weeks of absenceLegifrance, but an RTT day fixed on a Friday may not be attached to paid leaveLegifrance. Commercial staff are asked to avoid RTT during sales, Black Friday and year-end. RTT must be taken within the acquisition yearLegifrance with an exceptional carry-over of up to 2 days until 30 AprilLegifrance, after which untaken days are lost unless the manager expressly required the employee not to take themLegifrance. Days are declared by day or half-day through the company's IT system, used only for counting days and rest days, not for tracking connection time. Staff organise their time over five days a week in principle with minimum daily rest of 11 hoursLegifrance and weekly rest of 35 hoursLegifrance as stated in the accord. Emails and messages are barred from 9 p.m. to 8 a.m. and during weekends, leave and holidays not worked; no employee must answer or connect remotely during those periods, urgency exceptedLegifrance, and no one must sync work email to a personal phoneLegifrance.

At least one individual interview a year reviews workload, disconnection, rest days taken and pay, with written minutes. An employee facing an unusual workload increase alerts the manager or HR in writing and is received within 15 days of receiptLegifrance. By written amendment the forfait may exceed 218 days up to 235 days a year at the employee's express request with HR's express agreementLegifrance, with days above 218 paid at the normal daily rate plus 10%Legifrance. Evening promotional events are occasional only, with transport home provided, and work after 9 p.m. is otherwise not authorisedLegifrance.

Legal basis: Accord collectif KIKO Milano sur les forfaits annuels en jours, signed 24 April 2025Legifrance.