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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Working conditions and forward-looking management of jobs and skills

Article L2241-12

The organisations bound by a branch agreement or, failing that, by professional agreements meet, at least once every three years, to negotiate on working conditions, forward-looking management of jobs…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Delegation hours.

Article L2143-16

…he negotiation of this agreement or arrangement, an additional overall credit within the limit of a duration which may not exceed:1° Twelve hours per year in companies with at least five hundred emplo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Travel and traffic.

Article L2143-20

To carry out their duties, union representatives may, during delegation hours, travel outside the company. They may also, both during delegation hours and outside their normal working hours, move free…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Additional provisions relating to public sector companies.

Article L2144-1

This chapter also applies to the establishments and undertakings mentioned in article 1 of law no. 83-675 of 26 July 1983 relating to the democratisation of the public sector.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Economic, social, environmental and trade union training leave

Article L2145-7

…oyee may not exceed twelve days. It may not exceed eighteen days for course and session leaders.The duration of each leave cannot be less than half a day.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Economic, social, environmental and trade union training leave

Article L2145-13

The conditions of application of the provisions relating to economic, social and environmental training leave and trade union training leave, as well as to the staff of the public companies listed by…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Representation at national and multi-industry level

Article L2152-2

…e field covered by the representative professional employers' organisations at national and cross-industry level;3° To which at least fifteen organisations from one of the three fields of activity men…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Representation at national and multi-industry level

Article L2152-3

Prior to the opening of negotiations at national and cross-industry level, and then prior to their conclusion, the professional employers' organisations that are representative at this level shall inf…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Employer representation at national and cross-industry level

Article L2152-4

…° to 5° of article L. 2151-1; 2° Whose member organisations are representative in the branches of industry, construction, commerce and services; 3° Whose member companies and organisations are up to d…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application.

Article L2211-1

…this book shall apply to private-law employers and their employees. They also apply to 1° Public industrial and commercial establishments ; 2° Public administrative establishments when they employ st…

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