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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Prohibitions.

Article L1242-6

…n employee whose employment contract has been suspended as a result of a collective labour dispute ;2° To carry out certain particularly dangerous work included on a list drawn up by regulation, under…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Employment protection plan.

Article L1233-62

…takeover of all or part of the business in order to avoid the closure of one or more establishments;2° The creation of new activities by the company;3° Actions to promote redeployment outside the comp…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Appeals.

Article L1242-3

…egal provisions designed to encourage the recruitment of certain categories of unemployed persons ; 2° When the employer undertakes, for a period and under conditions determined by decree, to provide…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Termination by mutual agreement as part of a collective agreement on collective redundancy by mutual agreement

Article L1237-19-1

…ines : 1° The terms and conditions for informing the Social and Economic Committee, if one exists ; 2° The maximum number of departures envisaged, the associated job cuts, and the length of time durin…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Retirement.

Article L1237-5

…ore 1 January 2008 setting out compensatory measures in terms of employment or vocational training; 2° For beneficiaries of an early retirement scheme that took effect before 1 January 2010 and was im…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Notice and compensation in lieu of notice.

Article L1234-1

…rmined by law, the collective labour agreement or, failing that, by local and professional practice;2° If the employee has been with the same employer for between six months and less than two years, o…

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

Article L1234-15

…employee is entitled to notice of1° One day's notice where remuneration is fixed on a daily basis ;2° One week's notice where remuneration is fixed on a weekly basis;3° Two weeks' notice if his remun…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Termination by mutual agreement as part of a collective agreement on collective redundancy by mutual agreement

Article L1237-19-3

…the collective agreement once it has verified: 1° Its compliance with the same article L. 1237-19; 2° The presence of the clauses provided for in article L. 1237-19-1; 3° The precise and concrete nat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Mobility leave

Article L1237-18-2

The collective agreement determines :1° The duration of the mobility leave ;2° The conditions that the employee must meet in order to benefit from it;3° The terms and conditions for the employee's acc…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Breach of contract.

Article L1237-16

…m : 1° Agreements resulting from the negotiations mentioned in articles L. 2242-20 and L. 2242-21 ; 2° Employment protection plans under the conditions defined by Article L. 1233-61 ; 3° Collective ag…

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