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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Definitions.

Article L7111-5

Journalists working for one or more electronic media companies have the status of professional journalist.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Administrative penalties.

Article L8272-5

Failure to comply with the administrative decisions referred to in the third paragraph of article L. 8272-1 and in articles L. 8272-2 or L. 8272-4 is punishable by two months' imprisonment and a fine…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal provisions.

Article L8256-5

Natural persons convicted of the offence provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 8256-2 shall be liable to the additional penalty of forfeiture of all or part of their assets, whatever thei…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Absence due to illness or accident

Article D1226-5

Allowances received by the employee from social security and supplementary provident schemes are deducted from the additional compensation, but in the latter case only the portion of benefits resultin…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Declaration

Article D1253-5

The employers' group's declaration of activity includes: 1° The information mentioned in articles D. 1253-1; 2° The title of the collective agreement within the scope of which each of its members fall…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Access by employers' groups to public aid for employment and vocational training for member companies

Article D1253-52

The employers' group informs member companies of the nature, number and amount of grants received in application of the provisions of article L. 1253-24.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Redundancy pay

Article R1234-5

The redundancy payment cannot be combined with any other payment of the same nature.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation and operation

Article R1423-50

Depending on the needs of the department, court registrars may be delegated to the departments of another industrial tribunal within the jurisdiction of the same court of appeal. This delegation is de…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: College of employees

Article R1441-5

The seats are allocated in proportion to the votes obtained in application of articles R. 1441-3 and R. 1441-4 according to the rule of the highest average between trade union organisations within eac…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Referral to the industrial tribunal

Article R1452-5

Subject to the provisions of the second paragraph of article R. 1452-1, the defendant's summons to appear before the conciliation and referral office and, where the matter is directly referred to it,…

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