Grasse fragrance house opens time-savings account to 2028

ROBERTET SA, the fragrance company based in Grasse, has created a company time-savings account (compte épargne-temps, CET).Legifrance The agreement, signed on 17 September 2026 with the CFDT, CFE-CGC and CGT unionsLegifranceLegifrance under articles L.3151-1 et seq. of the Code du travail, is experimental and fixed-termLegifrance: it takes effect on signatureLegifrance and ends on 31 December 2028Legifrance, with no tacit renewalLegifrance and a review in the first quarter of 2028 toward a more permanent scheme.

The CET is voluntaryLegifrance and lets eligible employees bank paid-leave rights for a personal or professional projectLegifrance. Any employee holding an open-ended contract with at least 12 months' actual seniority at the time of the request may open an accountLegifrance; members of the GLT are expressly excluded because of their specific leave-counting rulesLegifrance. The stated aims are time savings, work-life balance, prevention of occupational wear and support for end-of-career transitions, plus attractiveness and retention.

The account is funded solely at the employee's initiativeLegifrance, by request in the Kélio time-management tool between 5 February and 15 March following the reference yearLegifrance, once all leave and JRTT taken in the previous period are recordedLegifrance. It may be credited with unused paid leave beyond 20 working days at 31 December of the reference year plus age- or seniority-related leave days, and with JRTT unused at 31 DecemberLegifrance; the employee must first have taken the 20-day statutory minimumLegifrance. The yearly top-up is capped at 8 days all types combined, raised to 15 days for employees aged 59 and overLegifrance; the total balance may not exceed 30 days, or 60 days from age 59Legifrance, with no new top-up while the ceiling is reachedLegifrance.

The balance is visible in Kélio and on the payslip with a one-month lag. Saved days are taken as leave with one month's noticeLegifrance and the N+1 manager's prior authorisationLegifrance, refusable where operational constraints requireLegifrance. Uses include sabbatical leave, off-hours training, and part-time work with no loss of income by offsetting the absence with a saved day, subject to the manager's agreement. Leave is paid monthly up to the stored rightsLegifrance and taxed as salaryLegifrance; leave time counts as effective work for seniority rightsLegifrance.

A specific end-of-career track lets employees use CET rights for a gradual or early exitLegifrance: written request to HR at least 6 months aheadLegifrance, all leave rights exhausted first and attachable to the CETLegifrance, a one-month company replyLegifrance, and no interruption once startedLegifrance.

Saved days may also be donated anonymously to a colleague whose young child is ill, disabled or seriously injured, whose child has died, or who is a carer for a dependent personLegifrance, under the cited company and statutory conditions; the donor informs the employer in writing for approvalLegifrance.

From 1 January 2027 the agreement merges the paid-leave reference periods onto the calendar yearLegifrance, so leave and JRTT are earned and taken from 1 January to 31 DecemberLegifrance; a transition from the current 1 June–31 May acquisition period will be communicated separately. On termination or death the account is liquidated in cash at the rights' value (to the employee or heirs) and closedLegifrance; rights are guaranteed under articles L.3153-1 and D.3154-1 et seq. The agreement is notified to all representative unions, filed on TéléAccords and with the prud'hommes registry of the place of conclusion.

Legal basis: articles L.3151-1 et seq., L.3152-2, L.3153-1, L.1225-65-1 al. 2, L.3142-25-1, L.2231-5 and D.3154-1 et seq. of the Code du travail, as cited by the agreement.