Section 1: Special provisions for certain employees.

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Article L5424-1

French Labour CodeIn force

Updated 6 Nov 2023

The following are entitled to an insurance allowance, when their loss of employment is involuntary or assimilated to an involuntary loss of employment or in the event of termination by mutual agreement of their employment relationship with their employer, and when they meet the conditions of age and previous activity, under the conditions set out in articles L. 5422-2 and L. 5422-3:

1° Civil servants and non-civil servants of the State and its public administrative establishments, permanent employees of local authorities and statutory employees of other public administrative establishments, as well as members of the armed forces ;

2° Non-statutory employees of local authorities and non-statutory employees of public administrative establishments other than those of the State and those mentioned in 4°, as well as non-statutory employees of public interest groups;

3° Employees of companies listed in the national register of companies in which the State has a majority shareholding, employees of public industrial and commercial establishments of local authorities, or of semi-public companies in which these authorities have a majority shareholding;

4° Non-statutory employees of chambers of trade and chambers of agriculture, as well as employees of establishments and services of agricultural utility of these chambers;

4° bis Staff of chambers of commerce and industry;

5° Civil servants of France Télécom placed outside the active status of their corps in order to carry out duties either in the company, in application of the fifth paragraph of article 29 of law no. 90-568 of 2 July 1990 relating to the organisation of the public postal and telecommunications service, or in one of its subsidiaries;

6° Employees of companies in the electricity and gas industries who are subject to the national status of electricity and gas industry personnel;

7° In the event that the French State no longer holds a majority stake in La Poste, employees of the public limited company La Poste.

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A notary (notaire) is a public officer who authenticates specific deeds (mainly real-estate transfers and certain family-law acts). A corporate lawyer (avocat) advises on strategy, negotiates and drafts company documents, and represents you in disputes. The two roles complement rather than overlap.

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