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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal provisions

Article R3246-4

Failure to comply with the legal provisions relating to wage supplements is punishable by a fourth-class fine. The fine is imposed as many times as there are employees concerned.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Effects of seizure

Article R3252-28

If the employer fails to make payments in execution of a seizure, the judge shall issue an order declaring him personally indebted in accordance with article L. 3252-10. The employer is notified of th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Effects of seizure

Article R3252-29

The seizure is released either as a result of an agreement between the creditors or as a result of a court ruling that the debt has been extinguished. The employer is notified within eight days.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Multiple seizures

Article R3252-30

…ion may, without prior attempt at conciliation, intervene in proceedings for the attachment of sums due by way of remuneration, in order to participate in the distribution of the sums attached. This i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Incidents

Article R3252-44

In the event of a change of employer, the seizure may be continued by the new employer, without prior conciliation, if the request is made within one year of the notice given by the former employer. F…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Liens and insurance

Article D3253-3

The early retirement arrears due in application of a professional or inter-professional agreement, a collective agreement or a company agreement benefit from the guarantee provided for in article L. 3…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Reimbursement of public transport costs

Article R3261-9

A part-time employee, employed for a number of hours equal to or greater than half the legal weekly working time or the number of hours agreed in the collective bargaining agreement, if the latter is…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Supplementary provisions

Article D3142-76

In the absence of an agreement mentioned in article L. 3142-117, under the conditions mentioned in article L. 3142-115, in companies with at least three hundred employees, the start of the period of p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Night work

Article R3163-2

In the hotel and catering sectors, night work by young workers may only be authorised between 10 p.m. and 11.30 p.m.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Employees working the same shift pattern

Article D3171-7

Where work is organised by shifts, by rotation or by successive teams, the composition of each team by name, including employees made available by a temporary work company, is indicated: 1° Either by…

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