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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article R3121-26

In establishments or parts of industrial establishments where work is carried out in successive shifts on a continuous cycle, the assignment of an employee to two successive shifts is prohibited, exce…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy

Article R3122-2

The request for authorisation to exceed the maximum daily working time, accompanied by the relevant supporting documents, the opinion of the social and economic committee, if any, and the minutes of t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy

Article D3141-2

An employee who performs paid work during his paid leave period, thereby depriving jobseekers of work that could have been assigned to them, may be the subject of an action before the court for damage…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Membership rules

Article D3141-22

The paid leave funds are affiliated to an overcompensation fund set up for all the companies mentioned in Article D. 3141-12. The purpose of this fund is, in particular, to share between the funds con…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Public policy

Article D3131-2

The derogations provided for in articles D. 3131-1 and D. 3131-4 to D. 3131-7 are subject to the allocation of at least equivalent periods of rest to the employees concerned. Where it is not possible…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Membership rules

Article D3141-27

When the companies mentioned in article D. 3141-26 are affiliated to an institution equivalent to the paid leave funds in the country where they are established, they must prove that they are up to da…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Membership rules

Article D3141-28

The employer shall inform employees, by any means, of the name and address of the paid leave fund to which it is affiliated.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Membership rules

Article D3141-21

Notwithstanding the first paragraph of article D. 3141-20, the competent holiday fund for companies not established in France mentioned in article D. 3141-14 is that of the place where the service is…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Membership rules

Article D3141-26

The companies mentioned in article D. 3141-14, established in another Member State of the European Union or in one of the other States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, may be exem…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Membership rules

Article D3141-20

In the companies mentioned in article D. 3141-12, whose main activity is in the building trade, the holiday service for declared employees is provided by the fund approved for the territorial district…

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