France: Cegid offers a four-day week to employees aged 61 and over

From 11 October, employees of the software company aged 61 and over can request that their 35-hour working week be spread over four days – eight hours and 45 minutes a day. To this is added a daily break of 10 minutes, totalling 40 minutes per week. The additional weekly rest day may be fixed or variable from one week to the next, depending on business needs. This arrangement forms part of the jobs and career management agreement (GEPP) “aimed at supporting career transition”, signed on 10 Sept