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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application.

Article L1131-2

In any company with at least three hundred employees and in any company specialising in recruitment, the employees responsible for recruitment receive training in non-discrimination in recruitment at…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application.

Article L1131-1

The provisions of this Title are applicable to private law employers and their employees.They shall also apply to the staff of public bodies employed under the conditions of private law.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application.

Article L1141-1

The provisions of this Title are applicable to private law employers and their employees.They shall also apply to the staff of public bodies employed under the conditions of private law.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application.

Article L1151-1

The provisions of this Title are applicable to private law employers and their employees.They shall also apply to the staff of public bodies employed under the conditions of private law.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application.

Article L1151-2

For the purposes of this Title, the number of employees and the crossing of a workforce threshold are determined in accordance with the procedures set out inArticle L. 130-1 of the Social Security Cod…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application.

Article L1241-1

The provisions of this Title do not apply to apprenticeship contracts or assignment contracts concluded with temporary employment agencies.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Purpose and constitution.

Article L2131-4

Any member of a trade union may, if he fulfils the conditions laid down in article L. 2131-5, accede to the administrative or management functions of this trade union.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Purpose and constitution.

Article L2131-2

Trade unions or professional associations of persons exercising the same profession, similar trades or related trades contributing to the production of specific products or the same liberal profession…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Purpose and constitution.

Article L2131-5

Any French member of a professional trade union entrusted with the administration or management of this trade union must enjoy his civic rights and not be subject to any prohibition, disqualification…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Purpose and constitution.

Article L2131-1

The sole purpose of professional trade unions is to study and defend the rights and material and moral interests, both collective and individual, of the persons mentioned in their articles of associat…

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