France: focus on recent court rulings on the working time of managers following the Supreme Court decree invalidating the annual working days system in the chemical sector

preme Court rendered a decree where it states that the annual working days system introduced in the chemical industry does not provide enough guarantees regarding the right to time off. Thus, businesses introducing this system on the basis of these vague conventional provisions can be requested to pay overtime arrears. The same day, the high court rendered a decree limiting the qualification of executive managers which, in France, allows shielding the employee from the working time system. We a