 These are in addition to your usual paid holidays and are part of the reason why French workers are often able to take the whole of August off. In theory employers who don’t give you this time off should have to pay you overtime. ITT  Injured? An ITT, which stands for Incapacité temporaire de travail (or "Temporary work incapacity"), refers to how many paid days a doctor suggests you should take off after some kind of injury or trauma. The term crops up often in newspapers to describe how badly someone is injured "He got 45 days of ITT".  Treizième mois  Some businesses offer a "thirteenth month" of pay - an end-of-year bonus of sorts - often in a bid to boost staff retention. Commité d'enterprise  This is a kind of council in some companies that offers you anything from cheap cinema tickets, holiday discounts and a nice wad of vouchers to spend at Christmas. Impôts sur le revenue  Oh, the famous French taxman. No, it's not all laughter and perks in the French work place. Be ready for the income tax.  The graph below explains how much income tax you will pay depending on your earnings.