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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Revitalisation by companies subject to the obligation to offer redeployment leave

Article D1233-43

…stituted in article L. 1233-84, the number of jobs lost is equal to the number of employees whose redundancy is envisaged, from which is deducted the number of employees whose redeployment, in the com…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Mandatory information and scope of the declaration

Article R1221-1

…already registered with the social security system; 3° Date and time of recruitment; 4° Nature and duration of the contract, as well as the duration of any trial period for open-ended contracts and f…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Proof of pre-employment declaration

Article R1221-7

The recipient body will send the employer a document acknowledging receipt of the declaration and mentioning the information recorded, within five working days of receipt of the declaration form.If th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Single staff register

Article R1221-26

Entries in the single personnel register are kept for five years from the date on which the employee or trainee left the establishment.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Paternity leave

Article D1225-8

…ds of at least five days each. The employee shall inform his employer of the dates on which and the duration of the period or periods of leave referred to in the previous paragraph at least one month…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Criminal provisions

Article R1227-1

Failure to make the pre-employment declaration provided for in article L. 1221-10, under the conditions set out in articles R. 1221-1 to R. 1221-6, is punishable by a fifth-class fine.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Criminal provisions

Article R1227-2

…by an indication of the body to which the pre-employment declaration is addressed; 2° Failing to produce, at the request of any of the inspection officers referred to in article L. 8271-7 , the acknow…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Criminal provisions

Article R1227-7

Failure to comply with the following provisions is punishable by a fourth-class fine: 1° Articles L. 1221-13, L. 1221-15 and L. 1221-15-1, D. 1221-23 to R. 1221-26, relating to the single personnel re…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article R1233-2-2

Within fifteen days of notification of dismissal, the employee may, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or delivered against receipt, ask the employer for clarification of the reasons…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Single staff register

Article D1221-23-1

For each trainee referred to in the third paragraph of article L. 1221-13, the additional information, entered in the single personnel register or, for organisations that do not have a single personne…

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