The Departmental Council of Bouches-du-Rhône is pinned for non-compliance with the legal working hours of its approximately 8,000 agents, estimated at 10 million euros in loss, in a final report from the Regional Chamber of Accounts (CRC ) made public on Monday.
According to the calculations of the administrative and financial jurisdiction, the annual working time actually carried out by departmental staff varies between 1,326 hours and 20 minutes and 1,607 hours over the period examined, from 2013 to 2021. But, underlines the institution, only ” 11 agents are on a work cycle respecting this legal duration “of 1,607 hours, fixed by a decree of July 12, 2001.
Ten million euros loss
This deficit is assessed by the CRC at an annual loss of 203 full-time equivalents, representing nearly 10 million euros for the departmental council of Bouches-du-Rhône, the third most populous department in France with more than two million people. ‘inhabitants.
In the Bouches-du-Rhône, “the working time of departmental staff is defined by general internal regulations” for 60% of the staff and 35 regulations specific to certain services or professions for the remaining 40%, explains the control body. , for whom “the non-respect of the legal duration of working time is explained in particular by the granting of additional leave not provided for by the regulations”, which “fluctuated from 3.5 days to 6.5 days” from 2013 to 2020.