Over the February vacation, Pierre had a little accident with an axe. He was chopping wood and accidentally mistook his hand for une bûche. A trip in the helicopter and surgery to repair the severed tendons and broken bone in the base of his thumb, and he'll be back to work in about a month.
Because he's injured (but the same thing applies when you're sick), Pierre has an arrêt de travail from his doctor. In total, he will miss about three weeks of school but will not lose any sick days. You see, there really isn't such a thing. If you're sick, you're sick. You get a note from your doctor, and you stay home. Un arrêt de travail can be written for up to three months without affecting your salary. After that point, it's the mutuel, or insurance that kicks in to cover your pay.
Not one to stay away from work, especially when there's a strike, Pierre has been at the school quite a bit recently. Talk of a meeting with the inspecteur académique about the suppression led to the question of his heures de sortie. He's officially allowed out of the house from 2-5pm. This, I learned, is to discourage people from taking off work and doing another job on the side, or travailler au noir. If you suffer from depression, however, part of your treatment may be to get out and do things, take a vacation to the south of France for example, in order to changer les idées. All on doctor's orders.
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