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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 D1142-12

When the Regional Director of Companies, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment decides to grant the employer an extension, he shall notify the employer of his decision, by any means that con…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Undeclared work.

Article L8271-10

Upon written request, control officers may obtain from the prefectoral services any information or documents relating to the authorisation to practise or the approval of a regulated profession.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: State financial assistance

Article D1143-13

…es on fixed-term contracts and temporary workers are taken into account when their contract, or the duration of their assignment, is six months or more.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Undeclared work.

Article L8271-12

Where a company's registered office is located in jointly occupied premises, in accordance witharticle L. 123-10 of the French Commercial Code, which punishes certain offences relating to the register…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Employment of foreign nationals not authorised to work.

Article L8271-18

The provisions of article L. 8271-13 apply to the investigation and recording of offences relating to the employment of foreign nationals not authorised to work.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article R1111-1

Pursuant to article L. 1111-2, employees made available by a temporary employment agency, an employers' group or an intermediary association are not taken into account when calculating the workforce o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Study agreement

Article R1143-1

Any company with fewer than three hundred employees may enter into an agreement with the State under which it may receive financial assistance to carry out a study of : 1° Its situation in terms of pr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Administrative penalties.

Article L8272-1

…ssuing of the penalty notice. A decree shall determine the nature of the aid concerned and the procedures for deciding whether to refuse to grant it or to reimburse it.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L8291-1

…le, and the organisation that issued the card. A decree in the Council of State determines the procedures for declaring employees either by the employer established in France, or, in the event of seco…

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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 D1142-17

Any differences in representation referred to in Article D. 1142-16 are published and updated on the website of the Ministry of Labour, each year by 31 December at the latest, by the departments of th…

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