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Showing 20212030 of 58651 articles for Art. Décret 2002-120 du 30-1-2002

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Voluntary secure mobility

Article L1222-16

Every six months, the employer provides the Social and Economic Committee with a list of requests for a period of secure voluntary mobility and the outcome of these requests.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Trial period.

Article L1221-19

Open-ended employment contracts may include a trial period, the maximum duration of which is : 1° For manual and clerical workers, two months ; 2° for supervisors and technicians, three months; 3° for…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Night work.

Article L1225-11

…owing an accident at work or an occupational disease; 5° L. 4624-3 and L. 4624-4, relating to individual measures that may be proposed by the occupational physician.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Leave of absence and maternity leave.

Article L1225-16

…f Part Two of the Public Health Code is entitled to leave of absence for the necessary medical procedures. The employed spouse of the woman who is pregnant or receiving medically assisted procreation,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Measures aimed at eliminating pay differentials between women and men in the company and ensuring a balanced distribution of each sex among senior executives and members of management bodies

Article L1142-11

In companies which, for the third consecutive financial year, employ at least one thousand employees, the employer shall publish each year any gaps in representation between women and men among senior…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Other formalities.

Article L1221-17

…o another location or if it undergoes an extension or transformation resulting in a change in its industrial or commercial activities.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Voluntary secure mobility

Article L1222-15

If the employee chooses not to return to his original company during or at the end of the mobility period, his employment contract with his employer is terminated. This termination constitutes a resig…

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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
Subsection 3: Leave of absence and maternity leave.

Article L1225-17

…f suspension of the employment contract that begins before the presumed date of childbirth may be reduced by a maximum of three weeks. The period after the presumed date of childbirth is then increase…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Leave of absence and maternity leave.

Article L1225-19

…f suspension of the employment contract that begins before the presumed date of childbirth may be reduced by a maximum of three weeks. The period after the presumed date of childbirth is then increase…

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