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Il a saisi la <a href=\"\/2026\/?page_id=1264\">juridiction prud\u2019homale<\/a> en vue d\u2019obtenir une indemnisation \u00e0 ce titre, consid\u00e9rant \u00eatre en astreinte.<\/p>\n<p>La Cour d\u2019appel a rejet\u00e9 sa demande. Selon elle\u00a0:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>la possibilit\u00e9 pour le salari\u00e9 de d\u00e9terminer, de modifier, voir d\u2019annuler les jours de disponibilit\u00e9 propos\u00e9s, faisait dispara\u00eetre la qualification d\u2019astreinte,<\/li>\n<li>de plus, l\u2019employeur ne lui imposait pas de demeurer au domicile.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>La d\u00e9cision des juges du fond a \u00e9t\u00e9 cass\u00e9e par la Haute juridiction au visa de l\u2019article L3121-5 du Code du travail dans sa r\u00e9daction ant\u00e9rieure \u00e0 celle issue de la loi n\u00b02016-1088 du 8 ao\u00fbt 2016, selon lequel : \u00ab\u00a0<em>constitue une astreinte la p\u00e9riode pendant laquelle le salari\u00e9, sans \u00eatre \u00e0 la disposition permanente et imm\u00e9diate de l\u2019employeur, a l\u2019obligation de demeurer \u00e0 son domicile ou \u00e0 proximit\u00e9 afin d\u2019\u00eatre en mesure d\u2019intervenir pour effectuer un travail effectif\u00a0\u00bb<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Dans un arr\u00eat du 20 janvier 2021 (n\u00b019-10.956), la Cour de cassation rappelle que l\u2019obligation pour le salari\u00e9 de se rendre disponible certains jours afin de r\u00e9pondre aux besoins de l\u2019entreprise caract\u00e9rise l\u2019existence d\u2019une astreinte.<\/p>\n<p>Par cons\u00e9quent, les contraintes impos\u00e9es au salari\u00e9 comme la souplesse d\u2019organisation ne permettent pas d\u2019effacer la qualification d\u2019astreinte.<\/p>\n<p>Par ailleurs, la question de la permanence exerc\u00e9e \u00e0 domicile est indiff\u00e9rente \u00e0 la solution du litige. Ce qui importe est que le salari\u00e9, qui se rend disponible, puisse \u00eatre joint pendant ces p\u00e9riodes d\u2019astreinte.<\/p>\n<p>Le pr\u00e9sent arr\u00eat de la chambre sociale de la Cour de cassation s\u2019inscrit dans la lign\u00e9e de sa jurisprudence relative \u00e0 la caract\u00e9risation de l\u2019astreinte assur\u00e9e par le salari\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>Ainsi, la Cour avait-elle pu d\u00e9cider que pouvaient constituer des p\u00e9riodes d\u2019astreinte les p\u00e9riodes durant lesquelles les salari\u00e9s restaient \u00e0 leur domicile ou en tout lieu leur de choix d\u00e8s lors qu\u2019ils pouvaient \u00eatre joints par l\u2019employeur. C&rsquo;est notamment le cas \u00e0 l\u2019aide des moyens de t\u00e9l\u00e9phonie mobile mis \u00e0 leur disposition en vue de r\u00e9pondre \u00e0 un appel de l\u2019employeur pour effectuer un service urgent au service de l\u2019entreprise (Soc., 10 juillet 2002, n\u00b0 00-18.452).<\/p>\n<p>Les nouvelles dispositions de l\u2019article L3121-9 du <a href=\"\/2026\/?page_id=1251\">Code de travail<\/a>, issues de la loi 2016-1088 du 8 ao\u00fbt 2016, prennent note des \u00e9volutions jurisprudentielles et d\u00e9finissent la p\u00e9riode d\u2019astreinte. Il s&rsquo;agit d&rsquo;une p\u00e9riode pendant laquelle le salari\u00e9, sans \u00eatre sur son lieu de travail et sans \u00eatre \u00e0 la disposition permanente et imm\u00e9diate de l\u2019employeur, doit \u00eatre en mesure d\u2019intervenir pour accomplir un travail au service de l\u2019entreprise.<\/p>\n<p>Il appara\u00eet que d\u00e9sormais les seuls crit\u00e8res \u00e0 prendre en compte dans la caract\u00e9risation d\u2019une astreinte sont <strong>la disponibilit\u00e9 du salari\u00e9<\/strong> et le fait que <strong>le salari\u00e9 demeure joignable au cours de ces p\u00e9riodes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Astreintes et code du travail, poursuivez votre lecture en consultant d&rsquo;autres articles r\u00e9dig\u00e9s par le cabinet d&rsquo;avocat St\u00e9phanie JOURQUIN<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/2026\/?p=2475\">Nullit\u00e9 du licenciement : une demande de r\u00e9int\u00e9gration tardive peut \u00eatre abusive<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/2026\/?p=2451\">L\u2019absence pour maladie n\u2019est en principe pas prise en compte pour calculer l\u2019anciennet\u00e9<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/fusion_text][\/fusion_builder_column][\/fusion_builder_row][\/fusion_builder_container]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=\u00a0\u00bbno\u00a0\u00bb equal_height_columns=\u00a0\u00bbno\u00a0\u00bb menu_anchor=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb hide_on_mobile=\u00a0\u00bbsmall-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\u00a0\u00bb class=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb id=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb background_color=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb background_image=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb background_position=\u00a0\u00bbcenter center\u00a0\u00bb background_repeat=\u00a0\u00bbno-repeat\u00a0\u00bb fade=\u00a0\u00bbno\u00a0\u00bb background_parallax=\u00a0\u00bbnone\u00a0\u00bb parallax_speed=\u00a0\u00bb0.3&Prime; 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