Definition The forfait-jour is a mechanism that allows the working time of an employee to be calculated by the number of days worked per year instead of the number of hours worked.

The forfait jours is a special arrangement where the working time is computed in days and not in hours. This arrangement is provided in the individual employment contract or in a rider to this contract.

i.e., a contractual arrangement according to which working time is counted on the basis of a fixed number of working days per year The forfait jours arrangement allows employers to derogate from the legal weekly working time of 35 hours and the payment of overtime.

French Labor Law provides for multiple arrangements, including but not limited to a fixed annual working time in days (“forfait (annuel) en jours”). This type of working time arrangement provides for an employee’s working time to be calculated by the number of days worked per year instead of the number of hours worked per week.