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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Leave for employees standing for or elected to parliamentary or local office.

Article L3142-83

The employment contract of an employee who is a member of the National Assembly or the Senate is, at his request, suspended until the expiry of his term of office, if he can prove that he has been wit…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Leave for employees standing for or elected to parliamentary or local office.

Article L3142-80

The employee may, at his convenience, benefit from the provisions of article L. 3142-79, provided that each absence is for at least half a full day. He shall notify his employer at least twenty-four h…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3152-4

…° or 2°-0 bis ofarticle 83 of the General Tax Code and in the sixth paragraph and 1° of article L. 242-1 of the Social Security Code or inarticle L. 741-10 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code; 2° T…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Civil protection reserves.

Article L3142-102

…ovisions applicable to employees serving in the civil security reserve are set out in articles L. 724-7 to L. 724-10 of the French Internal Security Code.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: National service.

Article L3142-95

The employment contract of an employee called up for national service in application of Book II of the National Service Code is suspended for the duration of active national service. When they know th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3142-94-1

An employee may, at his request and in agreement with the employer, give up anonymously and without consideration all or part of his untaken rest days, whether or not they have been allocated to a tim…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Pay slip.

Article L3243-1

The provisions of this chapter apply to all persons employed or working in any capacity or in any place whatsoever for one or more employers and regardless of the amount and nature of their remunerati…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3142-65

In order to implement an employee's entitlement to the leave referred to in Article L. 3142-60, a company collective agreement or agreement or, failing that, a branch agreement or agreement shall dete…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Supplementary provisions

Article L3142-47

In the absence of an agreement mentioned in article L. 3142-46, a decree sets the deadlines within which the employee must submit his request for leave.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Supplementary provisions

Article L3142-41

In the absence of an agreement referred to in Article L. 3142-40, the following provisions apply: 1° The maximum number of days that may be taken as leave is nine working days per year; 2° The time li…

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