The four-day week will be tested from this spring in the ministries. Announced in January by Gabriel Attal, this test will last “at least one year’ The experiment will take place both in Paris and in the “decentralized’ services.

State operators “may be associated (...) if this seems relevant,” explains the administration. “It will be done with constant staff” and without reduction in the legal working time of 1,607 hours per year.