This article explains how Kenjo handles overtime compensation for your France DSP employees (ADP or Deel): the difference between RCR (voluntary) and RCO (mandatory), how to configure the annual quota, and how to split payment and rest for each employee before the payroll export.
Understand how it works
For France DSP employees, Kenjo distinguishes two ways to compensate an overtime hour: RCR (repos compensateur de remplacement – replacement rest), a voluntary conversion chosen by the manager instead of payment, and RCO (repos compensateur obligatoire – mandatory rest), rest required by law once an annual overtime quota is exceeded.
| RCR | RCO |
Triggered by | Manager's choice | Automatic once the annual quota is exceeded |
Mandatory? | No, optional | Yes, required by law |
Adds to payment? | No, replaces payment | Yes, in addition to payment |
The legal annual quota defaults to 220 hours per employee. Until this quota is reached, the manager can freely choose to pay overtime hours or convert them into RCR. Once the quota is reached, Kenjo automatically triggers both payment and RCO in parallel, as required by law.
This feature is only available for full-time employees. For part-time employees, no conversion option is shown: their overtime hours continue to be paid as before.
Configure the annual quota
Go to Attendance > Settings > Policies.
Open the attendance policy applied to your France DSP employees.
In the Overtime section, set:
The calculation period: weekly or monthly.
The annual quota: in hours and minutes (220h by default). Hours exceeding this limit automatically trigger Mandatory Compulsory Rest (RCO), on top of the financial surcharge.
The RCO compensation ratio:
50% (recommended for companies with 20 or fewer employees) or
100% (recommended above that).
Click Save.
Good to know:
If you lower the annual quota below the number of hours already paid this year under this policy, Kenjo rejects the change and shows an error.
In this section, the words RCR and RCO are clickable and take you directly to the matching time-off type under Time Off > Setting
Choose payment or RCR for an employee
Go to Payroll.
Open the payroll preview table for the relevant period.
For a full-time employee with overtime hours, click the pencil icon in the overtime column.
In the dialog, split the hours between payment and RCR for each applicable surcharge rate (25% and 50%). Kenjo shows the remaining annual quota balance to help you decide.
Confirm your split. If the annual quota is exceeded by this split, Kenjo automatically adds the mandatory RCO portion.
Frequently asked questions
Which employees does this apply to?
Only full-time employees of France DSP customers using ADP or Deel for payroll. Part-time employees continue to be paid in full for their overtime hours.
What happens once the 220-hour annual quota is exceeded?
Kenjo automatically triggers both payment of the hours and RCO compensation, as required by law. This happens automatically and doesn't depend on the manager's choice.
Can I change the 220-hour annual quota?
Yes, from the relevant attendance policy. If the new quota is lower than the hours already paid so far this year, Kenjo blocks the change and shows an error.
Who decides whether overtime is paid or converted to RCR?
The manager, when processing payroll in Payroll > DSP, before exporting to ADP or Deel.