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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Successive contracts with the same employee.

Article L1244-1

…hen the contract is concluded in one of the following cases: 1° Replacement of an absent employee ; 2° Replacement of an employee whose employment contract has been suspended; 3° Seasonal jobs as defi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Appeals.

Article L1251-7

…the recruitment of unemployed people experiencing particular social and professional difficulties; 2° When the temporary employment undertaking and the user undertaking undertake, for a period and un…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions.

Article L1251-1

…y work contract between the temporary work company and the user client, known as the "user company";2° An employment contract, known as the "assignment contract", between the temporary employee and hi…

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

Article L1243-2

…contract including, where applicable, its one or two renewals, where it includes a specific term ; 2° the duration completed when the contract does not include a specific term. The notice period may…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Appeals.

Article L1242-2

…the effective entry into service of the employee recruited on an open-ended contract to replace him;2° Temporary increase in the company's activity;3° Jobs of a seasonal nature, where the tasks are li…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article L1235-3-1

…ies mentioned in the first paragraph are those relating to : 1° Violation of a fundamental freedom; 2° Acts of moral or sexual harassment under the conditions mentioned in articles L. 1152-3 and L. 11…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions specific to the public sector.

Article L1234-14

…To the employees, other than civil servants and military personnel, mentioned in article L. 5424-1;2° To employees subject to the same legal status as that of public companies.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Unfair breach of contract.

Article L1237-3

…loyer in the following cases:1° If it is shown that the new employer intervened in the termination ;2° If the new employer took on an employee whom he knew to be already bound by a contract of employm…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions specific to the departments of Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin.

Article L1234-16

The following are entitled to six weeks' notice1° Teachers and persons employed in private homes ;2° Commercial clerks mentioned in article L. 1226-24;3° Employees whose remuneration is fixed and who…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Prohibitions.

Article L1242-5

…ly1° When the duration of the employment contract is not renewable and does not exceed three months;2° When the contract is linked to the occurrence in the company, whether that of the main contractor…

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