Usually held on White Monday, Solidarity Day is a working and unpaid day to fund activities in support of the elderly and disabled.

The year after the deadly heat wave of 2003, to fund the care of pro-people, Solidarity Day, this unpaid working day was set for Pentecost Monday, and again in 2008 became a public holiday, and then it was commendable. Public and private employers.

This is mandatory for all employees, regardless of their contract: CDD, CDI, part-time but trainee staff. Only trainees are exempt, specifies Government website.

In the private sector, the terms of Unity Day can be set by a conference or organizational agreement.

Possibility to give an RTT

However, with the exception of 1, if this unity day is held on another public holiday that has not been worked on before, you may not be working on Pentecost day.There is May, Labor Day.

The employee may pay RTT one day or work another day without pay. In general, companies still choose June 6 for this day. Conditions are essentially the same for employees in the public sector. No pay for the working day. This will not prevent all administrations and schools from closing.

The employee can work up to 7 overtime hours to be distributed throughout the year.

Established the following year for the deadly heat wave of 2003, this Solidarity Day is actually a tax associated with 0.3% of annual pay, which is the Solidarity Autonomous Contribution (CSA).

In 2013 it was extended to taxable pensioners

Initially, the move was offset by unpaid workdays – Whit Monday – but since 2008 this compensation has been left to the discretion of employers, who can take a day off or give their employees this day off.

Extended to taxable retirees in 2013, their pensions are also punctured by 0.3% under the Additional Solidarity Contribution to Autonomy (Gaza).

However, this year’s revenues account for only 4 to 5% of the costs associated with compensation for the loss of autonomy of the elderly and the disabled, estimated at over 65 65 billion a year in public funds (state and departments).

On average, this activity brings in about 3 billion euros a year.