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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Implementation of the guarantee

Article R1251-23

If the guarantor disputes the existence, due date or amount of the claim, the employee or the social security body may take the guarantor directly to court.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Opposition

Article D1253-8

At any time, the administrative authority may, by reasoned decision, notify its opposition to the activity of the employers' group: 1° Where such activity does not comply with the legal provisions rel…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Issue of approval

Article R1253-23

The employers' and employees' organisations that are representative in the field of the chosen collective agreement are informed by the administrative authority of the approvals issued.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employment contracts

Article R1253-34

In the employment contracts concluded by the employers' group referred to in article R. 1253-14, the geographical area in which the employment contract is to be performed shall be deemed to include th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Employers' group made up of private-sector members and local authorities

Article R1253-43

Where the private-sector members of an employers' grouping that includes local and regional authorities fall within the scope of the same collective agreement, that agreement shall apply to the groupi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Temporary work

Article R1255-2

If the person responsible for managing the facilities or means of public transport in the user company prevents a temporary employee from having access, under the same conditions as the employees of t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Reimbursement of unemployment benefit

Article R1235-11

If none of the parties appear, the court declares the proceedings terminated. This renders the order for payment null and void.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Appeals

Article D1242-2

Any employer, with the exception of the agricultural professions, may enter into a fixed-term employment contract, pursuant to 1° of article L. 1242-3, with a person aged over 57 who has been register…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Substitution of the user undertaking in the event of default by the temporary employment undertaking

Article R1251-30

When a temporary employment undertaking's guarantee commitment comes to an end, for any reason whatsoever, it may only continue to operate if it has obtained another guarantee commitment under the con…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Issue of approval

Article R1253-22

The administrative authority has one month following receipt of the application for approval to notify the employers' group of its decision. If approval is refused, reasons must be given for the decis…

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