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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Leave of absence and maternity leave.

Article L1225-28

…ontract. The father then benefits from the protection against dismissal provided for in articles L. 1225-4 and L. 1225-5 . If the father of the child does not exercise his right, the benefit of this r…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Parental presence leave.

Article L1225-64

…the household's resources, the employee who has completed the formality provided for in article L. 1225-52 is returned to his previous job or a similar job with at least equivalent remuneration.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions specific to breastfeeding

Article R1225-5

The hour provided for in article L. 1225-30 available to the employee to breastfeed her child is divided into two thirty-minute periods, one during the morning shift and the other during the afternoon…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Parental childcare leave and part-time work

Article R1225-12

For the application of article L. 1225-49 : 1° The seriousness of the illness or accident is established by a medical certificate which also states that the child's condition makes it necessary for a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Recruitment, transfer and dismissal.

Article L1225-4-4

…ate an employee's employment contract during the parental presence leave provided for in article L. 1225-62 or during periods worked if the parental presence leave is split or taken on a part-time bas…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Recruitment, transfer and dismissal

Article R1225-1

In order to benefit from the pregnancy and maternity protection provided for in articles L. 1225-1 et seq., the employee shall submit to her employer, against receipt or by registered letter with ackn…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Adoption leave.

Article L1225-40

…riod of sixteen weeks or, where applicable, eighteen or twenty-two weeks provided for in article L. 1225-37. These two periods may be simultaneous.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Parental presence leave

Article R1225-14

…l presence leave is requested under the conditions provided for in the last paragraph of article L. 1225-62, he must also enclose the favourable opinion issued by the medical control department provid…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Exposure to particular risks.

Article L1225-15

The provisions of this paragraph are without prejudice to the application of articles : 1° L. 1225-4, relating to protection against termination of the employment contract of an employee in a medicall…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Paternity leave

Article D1225-8-1

In addition to the leave referred to in article L. 1225-35, the father, the mother's spouse or the person bound to her by a civil solidarity pact or the cohabiting partner is entitled to an extension…

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