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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Status of permanent and temporary employees of the temporary employment agency.

Article L1251-54

…ken of :1° The permanent employees of this company, determined in accordance with article L. 1111-2;2° Temporary employees who have been linked to this company by assignment contracts for a total peri…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Financial guarantee and default by the temporary employment agency.

Article L1251-49

…guarantee ensuring payment in the event of default by the contractor:1° Wages and related benefits ;2° Compensation under this chapter;3° Compulsory contributions due to social security bodies or soci…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Early termination of the contract.

Article L1251-28

…the contract including, where applicable, its one or two renewals, if it includes a specific term ; 2° The duration completed when the contract does not include a specific term. In both cases, the tot…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Temporary work.

Article L1255-10

…t contract with a temporary employment agency, within the period stipulated in Article L. 1251-42 ; 2° Or by failing to communicate, in the secondment contract, all the elements of remuneration in acc…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Succession of contracts.

Article L1251-36-1

…he duration of the contract, including, where applicable, its renewal(s), is fourteen days or more; 2° Half of the duration of the assignment contract that has expired if the duration of the contract,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Temporary work.

Article L1255-2

…ding the employee a written assignment contract within the period specified in Article L. 1251-17 ; 2° Disregarding the provisions relating to minimum remuneration set out in the first paragraph of Ar…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employment and working conditions.

Article L1253-12

…tions under which the work is performed include, exhaustively, those relating to :1° Working hours ;2° Night work3° Weekly rest and public holidays;4° Health and safety at work;5° Work by women, child…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Control rules.

Article L1251-48

…ided for in Article L. 1251-45 and the deadline for submitting them to the administrative authority;2° The type of information that must be included in the statement of employment contracts provided f…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Content and transmission of the contract.

Article L1251-16

…production of the clauses and information in the secondment contract listed in article L. 1251-43 ; 2° The employee's professional qualifications;3° The terms and conditions of the remuneration due to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Provisions applicable to public employers

Article L1251-60

…ther reserve, or performance of civil or national service, recall or retention in the armed forces; 2° Temporary vacancy of a post that cannot be immediately filled under the conditions provided for b…

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