Postponement of leave due to sick leave during vacation: "An aberration that must be fought," according to Flora Ghebali

Social progress or a new way to increase debt? To comply with European law, the Court of Cassation is offering the French extra vacation time . But only if they fall ill during their vacation. Thus, an employee who falls ill during their vacation would have the right to have their paid leave postponed, according to France's highest court.

"The purpose of paid leave is to allow employees not only to rest, but also to enjoy a period of relaxation and leisure," explains the Court of Cassation. Sick leave, on the other hand, allows "employees to recover from a health problem." "These two rights therefore do not have the same purpose," concludes the Court of Cassation's ruling.

An aberration for the Big Mouths : "It's scandalous, you'd think it was a joke," says former entrepreneur Emmanuel de Villiers, almost choking. "We're already generating leave as part of a work stoppage, and the Court of Cassation is going even further. How do you expect us to get away with all the charges that weigh on shopkeepers and artisans? It's madness, we should fire the magistrates of the Court of Cassation," he continues.

The same goes for business leader Mourad Boudjellal: "It's already the case, an employee who falls ill during his vacation, it annoys him so he extends it with what I call 'sick leave'," he says on RMC and RMC Story .

"Once again, we're putting everything on the shoulders of businesses because we know that all entrepreneurs are bastards who rely on employees," he says ironically.

And it's rare enough to be worth noting, the entire panel agrees. Even Flora Ghebali, a self-employed activist, finds this decision absurd: "It's an administrative aberration. A court is judging by law, without taking into account economic reality. We don't have the means. There are normative aberrations that must be fought, and this is one of them. Sick leave is flexible enough in France that we don't need to add additional protections."

Audrey, a soldier in Toulon, experienced such a situation: "During my 4 weeks of leave in the summer, I had a horse riding accident. I had an operation, I could no longer sit, no longer stand, I was unable to work or do anything. But instead of wanting to bother sick people, we must control the refractory ones," she believes.

For Flora Ghebali, it's the complexity of legislating for a protean world of work. "Wanting a social model in a society where there are such diverse professions is an aberration. 80% of us find the system unsuitable," she concludes.