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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions

Article R3143-2-1

Failure to comply with the provisions of articles L. 3142-36 to L. 3142-41, relating to mutual training leave, as well as those of the decrees issued for their application, is punishable by a third-cl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Employees working the same shift pattern

Article D3171-1

When all the employees in a workshop, department or team work to the same collective timetable, a timetable drawn up according to the legal hour indicates the times at which each period of work begins…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Employees not working the same collective timetable

Article D3171-9

…agreements providing for fixed working hours where these agreements or agreements lay down the procedures for monitoring working hours; 2° To employees covered by extended collective branch agreements…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Information annexed to the pay slip

Article D3171-13

…erence period is mentioned at the end of the period or when the employee leaves if this takes place during the period, on a document attached to the last pay slip for this period.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Guaranteeing employees' purchasing power

Article R*3231-4

When the minimum growth wage is increased in application of the provisions of article L. 3231-5, a joint order of the ministers responsible for labour, agriculture and the economy and finance announce…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Pay slip

Article D3243-8

…aph of article L. 1237-5, plus six years. In the event of closure of the pay slip provision service due to the cessation of activity of the service provider ensuring the storage of pay slips issued in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Tips

Article R3244-1

The employer must prove that tips have been collected and given to employees.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Assignment of sums due by way of remuneration

Article R3252-47

From the date of notification of the assignment, the employer pays the amount of the sums assigned directly to the assignee, up to the limit of the seizable fraction.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Reimbursement of public transport costs

Article R3261-5

The reimbursement of transport costs by the employer is subject to the employee handing in or, failing that, presenting the tickets. To be eligible for reimbursement, the tickets must enable the holde…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Reimbursement of public transport costs

Article R3261-7

In the event of a change in the arrangements for proving or reimbursing transport costs, the employer shall notify employees at least one month before the date set for the change.

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