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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article D1233-2

The employment zones mentioned in the penultimate paragraph of article L. 1233-5 are those referenced in the atlas of employment zones drawn up by the Institut national de la statistique et des études…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Performance and modification of the employment contract

Article D1222-1

The period of one year during which the employer may not invoke the exclusivity clause provided for in article L. 1222-5 runs from: 1° Either the employee's registration in the Trade and Companies Reg…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employee adviser

Article D1232-4

The list of employee advisors is drawn up by the Regional Director of Companies, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment, after consultation with the employers' and employees' organisations th…

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

Article D1226-6

When social security benefits are reduced, in particular as a result of hospitalisation or a sanction by the fund for non-compliance with its internal regulations, they are deemed to have been paid in…

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

Article D1226-7

The remuneration to be taken into account for the calculation of the additional allowance is that corresponding to the working hours applied during the employee's absence in the establishment or part…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employee adviser

Article D1232-7

Mediators, experts and qualified persons shall be reimbursed for travel and subsistence expenses incurred outside their place of residence in the performance of their duties, in accordance with the co…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Parental presence leave

Article D1225-16

The maximum period during which an employee may take parental leave for the same child and per illness, accident or disability is set at three years.If the leave is split, the minimum duration of each…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Revitalisation by companies subject to the obligation to offer redeployment leave

Article D1233-43

For the calculation of the contribution instituted in article L. 1233-84, the number of jobs lost is equal to the number of employees whose redundancy is envisaged, from which is deducted the number o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Paternity leave

Article D1225-8

The paternity and childcare leave provided for in article L. 1225-35 is taken within six months of the birth of the child. The employee shall inform his employer of the expected date of birth at least…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Single staff register

Article D1221-24

A copy of the documents authorising foreign workers to be employed is attached to the single personnel register and made accessible to the members of the personnel delegation of the social and economi…

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