Les vacances et jours fériés

Annual leave and public holidays

Optimiser vos congés

Optimise your vacation days

Depending on the day, these will be favorable for taking long weekends to optimize vacation time around public holidays. Now's the time to plan. Depending on the year, public holidays are conducive to long weekends and long rests. 2026 is looking good.

In 2026, January 1st falls on a Thursday. Take Friday and you'll start the year with a 4-day weekend. And so on for the other public holidays.  If you have any days left to take by the end of the year, consider placing them on December 28th, 29th, 30th, and 31st to bridge the gap with January 1st, 2027, which falls on a Friday. You'll then be able to enjoy a 10-day holiday period between Christmas and January 3rd, 2027. Not bad to close 2026 and start 2027! 

À savoir

Good to know

A full-time or part-time employee, having worked for the same employer for a time equivalent to a minimum of one month of actual work, is entitled to two and a half working days leave per month of work. Thereby for. 30 days working days ( equal to five weeks) for a full year of work. We suggest you to read in more details on Bercy Entreprise INFOS the article in French language :

Paid leave for your employees in 6 questions sommary:

• Congés payés : qui y a droit ? - Paid leave: who is entitled to it?
• À combien de jours de congés a droit un salarié ? - How many days of leave are an employee entitled to?
• Comment l'employeur fixe-t-il la période de congés ? - How does the employer set the leave period?
• Comment sont calculées les indemnités de congés payés ?
• Comment est déterminée la période de référence donnant droit à congés ? - How are paid vacation benefits calculated?
• Les jours de congés non pris par le salarié peuvent-ils être payés par l'employeur ? - Can vacation days not taken by the employee be paid by the employer?

You will also find further information in allolafrance Practical Guide in the section Rights-Money-Work-Daily Life

CONCLUSION

Ce nombre de jours fériés et de congés annuels font bien des envieux à l’international. Si vous êtes expatriés ou si vous habitez à l’étranger, selon votre pays de residence, vous comprenez encore mieux les avantages des travailleurs français. Mais alors pourquoi avec tant d’avantages sont-ils toujours en train de se plaindre demandent les étrangers ? C’est une autre question, à laquelle nous n’essayerons pas de répondre dans cet article.

This number of public holidays and annual leave is the envy of many internationally. If you are an expatriate or if you live abroad, depending on your country of residence, you understand even better the advantages of French workers. But then why with so many advantages are they still complaining ask foreigners? This is another question, which we will not attempt to answer in this article.