Security firm moves full-time staff to monthly working-time scheme

EPSSIG SECURITE, a private security company at 52 avenue Monnot, 71100 Chalon-sur-Saône, now organises full-time working time over each calendar month instead of a fixed weekly scheduleLegifrance. Weekly hours may vary from 0 to 48 hours within the month to match workload fluctuationsLegifrance. The monthly framing preserves payment of overtime with the applicable increases.

The scheme covers full-time employees on open-ended contractsLegifrance, excluding part-time staffLegifrance, and full-time fixed-term employees whose contract covers at least one complete monthly reference periodLegifrance. Each reference period runs from the first to the last day of the calendar monthLegifrance. Its collective-agreement basis means no modification of the employment contract.

Overtime is counted at the end of each monthLegifrance. Any effective working hour beyond 151.67 hours in the same calendar month is overtimeLegifrance. Hours from the 152nd to the 173rd carry a 25% increaseLegifrance; hours beyond the 173rd carry 50%Legifrance. Base monthly pay is unaffected by the uneven weekly distribution and is calculated on 151.67 hours for a full-time employee present the whole monthLegifrance. Hours beyond the planned schedule require the prior express request or authorisation of the line managerLegifrance. The annual overtime quota remains the branch figure of 329 hours, with mandatory compensatory rest beyond it.

The monthly schedule is communicated before the first day of each monthLegifrance. Schedule changes require 7 days' noticeLegifrance, reducible to 3 calendar days in emergencies or unforeseeable absencesLegifrance. Hours are tracked in the business software, with a monthly statement of variances and month-end totals attached to the payslip. Counters are closed each month with no carry-over; a negative balance caused by the employer's scheduling cannot reduce pay.

Maximum durations and rest apply without derogation: 10 hours a day, exceptionally 12 for increased activity, site continuity or night shifts; 48 hours a week; 46 hours on average over 12 consecutive weeks; 11 hours daily rest and 24 hours weekly rest, combining to 35 hours. Shifts including night work are capped at 12 hours. Hours between 21:00 and 06:00 carry a 10% increase on the conventional minimum hourly rate plus 1% compensatory rest per hour. Sunday hours carry a 10% increase, cumulable with the night and public-holiday increases, each calculated separately on its own base.

Public holidays that are legally non-worked cannot reduce pay where the employee was present the last working day before and the day after. Apart from the solidarity day, hours worked on a legal public holiday give either a 100% pay increase or equivalent compensatory rest within the following month. The solidarité day is 7 unpaid hours a year worked on Whit Monday. From 6 hours of daily work, staff receive a paid 20-minute break counting as effective working time; any intervention restarts it.

Paid, compensated or authorised absences are valued at the hours the employee should have worked under the schedule on the absence date. On hiring or departure during a month, the reference is prorated to calendar days of employment, with overtime regularised at departure. Signed on 23 September 2026Legifrance for an indefinite term, the agreement applies from 1 October 2026Legifrance subject to filing with the Ministry of Labour platform and the Chalon-sur-Saône labour court registry, and replaces all prior provisions in the company having the same purpose.

The legal basis is the company agreement concluded under Articles L. 2232-23-1 and following and L. 3121-41 and following of the Code du travail, within the Convention collective nationale des entreprises de prévention et de sécurité du 15 février 1985 (IDCC 1351).