Kind-hearted factory workers gave up their own holidays so that a colleague could spend more time looking after his cancer-recovering daughter.

Staff at a glass factory in Neufchâtel-en-Bray, north-east France, sacrificed 350 days off in the selfless act, it’s reported.

They’d noticed that Jonathan Dupré was struggling to take 5-year-old Naëlle to her various appointments and tests.

The little girl had been diagnosed with kidney cancer and needed chemotherapy treatment after undergoing surgery to remove a tumour in December.

So the staff called a meeting with the managing director and the HR department.

And they each agreed to donate some of their days away so that their friend could spend more time with his wife Marine helping out with Naëlle.

In total, they gave up almost a year’s worth of time off.

“Due to the tests and the chemotherapy sessions, I’d used up all of my holidays,” Jonathan told Le Reveil.

“I found out by letter. I was very emotional. It was a burden to us. But now we don’t have any more problems, not in looking after her or to take her to appointments,” he added.

The gesture was made possible because of a 2014 law that allows workers to give holiday days to colleagues if it’s approved by bosses.

Naëlle, whose cancer is now reportedly in remission, said she was very grateful to her dad’s workmates.

“I’m very happy he can stay at home with me,” she said.



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