#TRSD2605707AOrder of April 8, 2026, on Compensation Procedures for Weather-Related Work Interruptions in the Construction Industry
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This order lays out the procedures for French construction companies to declare and compensate work interruptions caused by bad weather. It details how companies need to report wages and stoppages, claim reimbursement for paid indemnities, and the role of the National Compensation Fund in overseeing these processes. Workers who work elsewhere during compensated stoppages must repay indemnities.
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Key Changes
- Companies must declare wages and weather-related work stoppages to the compensation fund.
- New procedures for claiming indemnity reimbursements are established.
- Workers working during stoppages must repay unjustified indemnities.
Obligations
What this law requires
Construction companies must submit a declaration to their affiliated paid leave fund containing wage and salary information serving as the basis for contribution calculation, according to the fund's internal regulations and the periodicity specified by the fund.
Companies must pay the weather stoppage contribution (cotisation d'intempéries) to their affiliated paid leave fund according to the periodicity and modalities specified in the fund's bylaws and internal regulations.
Companies must submit a provisional declaration of work stoppage to their paid leave fund no later than 120 hours from the start of the stoppage.
Companies must submit a final declaration form (bordereau) with all required elements to calculate worker indemnities and reimburse amounts within one month of work resumption, or face forfeiture of claims.
Before paying weather-related indemnities to workers, companies must verify that workers meet conditions specified in articles D. 5424-11 to D. 5424-14 of the French labor code, using company registers and documents or certificates of work provided by workers.