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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Possibility of an agreement and specific terms and conditions resulting therefrom.

Article L1233-24-3

The agreement provided for in Article L. 1233-24-1 may not derogate from :1° The employer's obligation to provide training, adaptation and redeployment in application of article L. 1233-4;2° The gener…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Employee information

Article L1233-57-10

Together with the notice of the meeting provided for in article L. 1233-57-9, the employer shall send the employee representatives all relevant information on the proposed closure of the establishment…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the administrative authority concerning undertakings subject to the obligation to draw up an employment safeguard plan.

Article L1233-57-2

…validate the collective agreement referred to in Article L. 1233-24-1 once it has ascertained that :1° It complies with articles L. 1233-24-1 to L. 1233-24-3 ; 2° The procedure for informing and consu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Absence due to illness or accident.

Article L1226-1

…to the daily allowance provided for in article L. 321-1 of the Social Security Code, provided that: 1° Providing proof of such incapacity within forty-eight hours, unless the employee is one of the pe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Absence due to illness or accident.

Article L1226-1-1

…ee, for a limited period which may not exceed one year. Under the conditions and within the limits set by this decree, the derogations implemented in application of the first paragraph of this article…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Teleworking

Article L1222-10

…ordinary law towards his employees, the employer is obliged with regard to the teleworking employee:1° Inform the employee of any restrictions on the use of computer equipment or tools or electronic c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Adoption leave.

Article L1225-37

…to sixteen weeks, taken within a period and divided up in accordance with the terms and conditions determined by decree.Adoption leave is extended to :1° Eighteen weeks when the adoption brings the nu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: General provisions.

Article L1142-3

…these provisions do not apply where the purpose of the clause is to apply provisions relating to : 1° Protection of pregnancy and maternity, as provided for in articles L. 1225-1 to L. 1225-28 ; 2° P…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Teleworking

Article L1222-9

…e applicable collective agreement or, failing that, the charter drawn up by the employer specifies: 1° The conditions for switching to telework, in particular in the event of a pollution episode as re…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Parental presence leave.

Article L1225-62

…the meaning of article L. 513-1 of the Social Security Code and who fulfils one of the conditions set out in article L. 512-3 of the same code is suffering from a particularly serious illness, disabi…

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