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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Special provisions for the different types of guarantee

Article R1251-19

The guarantee commitment is the subject of a written contract specifying the conditions and the amount of the guarantee granted as well as the terms and conditions of the accounting control that the g…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Reimbursement of unemployment benefit

Article R1235-14

If no opposition is lodged within one month of notification of the order for payment, regardless of the method of notification, or if the employer who lodged the opposition withdraws his opposition, t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Legal action by trade unions in the event of redundancies

Article D1235-19

The registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt sent to the employee indicates the nature and purpose of the action envisaged by the representative trade union organisation. It also states: 1° T…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Reclassification of the contract

Article R1245-1

When a request is made to the industrial tribunal to reclassify a fixed-term employment contract as an open-ended contract, pursuant to Article L. 1245-2, its decision is enforceable automatically on…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Retirement

Article D1237-1

The rate of the retirement indemnity provided for in article L. 1237-9 is at least equal to : 1° Half a month's salary after ten years' seniority; 2° One month's salary after fifteen years' seniority;…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Appeals

Article D1251-1

…y be concluded for jobs for which it is common practice not to use open-ended employment contracts, due to the nature of the activity carried out and the temporary nature of these jobs, are as follows…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Groups of employers falling within the scope of the same collective agreement

Article D1253-1

For the application of article L. 1253-6, the employers' group shall send the following information and documents to the Labour Inspectorate responsible for its registered office, within one month of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Reimbursement of unemployment benefit

Article R1235-12

The court will rule on the objection regardless of the amount of benefits claimed. The court's judgment replaces the order for payment. If the amount of the claim exceeds the amount for which the cour…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Reimbursement of unemployment benefit

Article R1235-17

In the event of an appeal to the Court of Cassation against a decision which has found an employer guilty of dismissal without real and serious cause pursuant to the provisions of article L. 1235-3, t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Termination by mutual agreement as part of a collective agreement on collective redundancy by mutual agreement

Article D1237-12

The report on the implementation of the agreement on the Collective Agreement Breach referred to in article L. 1237-19-7, the content of which is set by order of the Minister for Employment, is sent t…

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