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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3122-19

…ns of transport paid for by the employer to enable the employee to return to his place of residence;2° Measures to make it easier for employees to balance their professional and personal lives, in par…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3121-44

…erence period, which may not exceed one year or, if authorised by a branch agreement, three years ; 2° The conditions and periods for giving notice of changes in working hours or hours of work; 3° The…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3121-18

…n the event of a derogation granted by the labour inspector under conditions determined by decree ; 2° In emergencies, under conditions determined by decree; 3° In the cases provided for in Article L.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Additional hours by rider

Article L3123-22

…t of eight per year and per employee, except in the case of replacement of a named absent employee; 2° May provide for an increase in pay for hours worked under this rider; 3° Determines the terms and…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Time limits

Article L3121-56

…ollow the collective timetable applicable to the workshop, department or team to which they belong; 2° Employees who have genuine autonomy in the organisation of their working hours.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Industrial plants operating continuously.

Article L3132-10

…sts of twenty-four consecutive hours at least equal to the number of weeks included in this period; 2° Each employee is entitled to as much rest as possible on Sundays. A decree of the Conseil d'Etat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3121-51

…ther when a system of individualised working hours is set up in application of Article L. 3121-48 ; 2° Set the procedures for recovering hours lost in the cases provided for in article L. 3121-50.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Substitute team.

Article L3132-17

…for implementing training for staff working in a stand-by team and remuneration for training time; 2° The procedures for exercising the right of employees in the standby team to take up a job other t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Introduction of part-time working arrangements

Article L3123-17

…employees may hold a full-time job in the same establishment or, failing that, in the same company; 2° The procedure to be followed by employees to inform their employer of their request; 3° The time…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Minimum working hours and overtime

Article L3123-7

…The first paragraph of this article does not apply:1° To contracts lasting no more than seven days ;2° Fixed-term contracts concluded under 1° of article L. 1242-2 ; 3° Temporary employment contracts…

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