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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Privileges.

Article L3253-3

…in the first paragraph of Article L. 3253-2 includes : 1° Wages, salaries or commissions as such ; 2° Additional benefits, in particular the compensation provided for in article L. 1226-14, the compe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Supplementary provisions

Article L3153-2

…t, receive compensation corresponding to the monetary conversion of all the rights he has acquired; 2° Request, in agreement with the employer, that all the rights he has acquired, converted into mone…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Provisions applicable where the employer is established in another Member State of the European Community or the European Economic Area

Article L3253-18-2

…the competent authority pursuant to these provisions has : 1° Either decided to open the procedure; 2° Or noted the closure of the employer's business or establishment and the insufficiency of the ass…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Deductions.

Article L3251-2

…e provided in the case of the following supplies: 1° Tools and instruments necessary for the work ; 2° Materials for the care and use of the employee; 3° sums advanced for the acquisition of these sam…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Implementing provisions.

Article L3232-9

…ocedures and deadlines for reimbursement by the State of its share of the supplementary allowance ; 2° Where necessary, the special arrangements applicable to employees in agriculture, construction an…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article L3232-2

…number of employees benefiting from the supplementary allowance established by article L. 3232-5 ; 2° The cost of paying the allowance provided for in 1° for the previous year; 3° The number of benef…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3142-129

…collective agreement determines : 1° The maximum duration of the leave or period of part-time work; 2° The number of times the leave or period may be renewed; 3° The length of service required to be e…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy

Article L3142-105

…seniority in the company and under the conditions laid down in this section : 1° Either to leave ; 2° or to a period of part-time work. Seniority acquired in any other company of the same group, with…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Provisions applicable where the employer is established in another Member State of the European Community or the European Economic Area

Article L3253-18-8

…he administrateur judiciaire or the liquidator has ceased his functions or in the case mentioned in 2° of article L. 3253-18-2, the guarantee institutions pay the sums due to the employee upon present…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Night work.

Article L3163-1

…orkers over the age of sixteen and under the age of eighteen, any work between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. ; 2° For young workers under the age of sixteen, any work between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m.

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