French Labor Code does not provide for the acquisition of paid leave during sick leave of non-occupational origin. European law provides the opposite: “Employees must acquire sick leave, regardless of the origin of the illness (professional or not).

)”, writes the highest administrative court. The Council of State indicates that the government intends to propose an amendment as part of a bill adapting to European Union law which must be examined in the Assembly from Monday. Medef President Patrick Martin: "An absurdity has finally been corrected"