This is not the end of the saga of the application of 1,607 working hours per year for public officials in the refractory towns of Val-de-Marne. In a decision rendered on 1is June, the Council of State announces that it will transmit the priority question of constitutionality (QPC) filed by Bonneuil-sur-Marne (Val-de-Marne), as well as by three other towns in the department, to the Constitutional Council.
Bonneuil, Fontenay-sous-Bois, Ivry-sur-Seine and Vitry-sur-Seine criticized the reform of working time introduced by the 2019 law on the transformation of public life of undermining the principle of free administration of local authorities . Since 1is January 2022, cities and intermunicipalities must indeed apply the 1,607 hours for their agents, which corresponds to 35 hours of work per week.
“This proves the righteousness of our fight”
Denis Öztorun, mayor (PCF) of Bonneuil-sur-Marne, welcomes the decision, which reshuffles the cards according to him. “This proves the correctness of our fight,” said the city councilor. The announcement of the Council of State comes as there is one month left for refractory cities to fall into line. At the beginning of March, the administrative court of Melun had thus given them a deadline, until July 3, to deliberate on the 1,607 hours. This decision concerns the four municipalities that filed the QPC and Villejuif. Bonneuil and Fontenay had also appealed against the decision of the administrative court of Melun. A request rejected by the administrative court of appeal of Paris, at the end of May.
Pending the judgment on the merits, each of the five municipalities is working on the application of the 1,607 hours. While Villejuif had carried out a survey on the subject with municipal employees, Ivry-sur-Seine plans to assert the arduousness of the work to exempt some of its agents from the increase in working time.
On the side of Bonneuil-sur-Marne, the mayor plans to “create a new right”: 1:30 a week during which agents could practice cultural or sports activities. A measure which would not necessarily be validated by the prefecture of Val-de-Marne, which must assess the legality of the deliberations.
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