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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article L1235-3-1

…es and offences; 5° Dismissal of a protected employee mentioned in articles L. 2411-1 and L. 2412-1 due to the exercise of his mandate; 6° Dismissal of an employee in disregard of the protections ment…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article L1235-3-2

…ated by the court to the detriment of the employer or at the request of the employee under the procedure referred to inArticle L. 1451-1, the amount of compensation awarded is determined in accordance…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Penalties for irregularities.

Article L1235-16

…yable by the employer, which may not be less than the last six months' salary. This compensation is due without prejudice to the redundancy compensation provided for in article L. 1234-9.In the event…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Criminal provisions.

Article L1238-3

Failure to comply with the deadline for sending letters of dismissal provided for in article L. 1233-39 is punishable by a fine of 3,750 euros, imposed as many times as there are employees affected by…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Appeals.

Article L1242-2

…ended collective labour agreement, 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. When the durat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Early termination of the contract.

Article L1243-2

…a period of notice calculated on the basis of one day per week, taking into account : 1° The total duration of the contract including, where applicable, its one or two renewals, where it includes a s…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Expiry of the contract term and continuation after expiry.

Article L1243-9

With a view to improving vocational training for employees with fixed-term employment contracts, an extended branch collective agreement or agreement or a company or establishment agreement or agreeme…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Renewal of the contract.

Article L1243-13-1

…ofarticle L. 1243-13, the fixed-term employment contract may be renewed twice for a fixed term.The duration of the renewal or, where applicable, of the two renewals, added to the duration of the init…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Successive contracts in the same position.

Article L1244-4

Without prejudice to the provisions ofarticle L. 1242-1, an agreement or an extended branch agreement may stipulate the cases in which the waiting period provided for inarticle L. 1244-3 is not applic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Criminal provisions.

Article L1248-7

Failure to send the fixed-term employment contract to the employee within two days of recruitment, in breach of article L. 1242-13, is punishable by a fine of 3,750 euros.A repeat offence is punishabl…

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