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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions common to mutual insurance companies with a board of directors and general management and with a supervisory board and management board

Article R322-55-1

I.-The duties of director, member of the Supervisory Board and mutual agent are free of charge.However, if the Articles of Association so provide, the Board of Directors or the Supervisory Board may d…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Parental childcare leave and part-time work.

Article L1225-55

At the end of the parental education leave or the period of part-time work, or within one month of the reasoned request to resume the initial activity mentioned in Article L. 1225-52, the employee ret…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Status of permanent and temporary employees of the temporary employment agency.

Article L1251-55

…ority in the temporary employment undertaking, seniority is assessed by adding together the periods during which these employees have been linked to the temporary employment undertaking by assignment…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Scope of negotiations

Article L2312-55

…8 and L. 2312-37 in compliance with the provisions of paragraph 1 of this sub-section; 2° The procedures for these ad hoc consultations, in particular the number of meetings; 3° The deadlines mention…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Housing information and assistance committee

Article L2315-55

A decree shall determine: 1° The maximum number of members of the Employee Housing Information and Assistance Committee; 2° The conditions under which the advisors appointed to the committee are, wher…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L3121-55

The lump-sum payment of working hours must be agreed by the employee and set out in a written individual lump-sum agreement.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3142-55

The duration of the leave cannot be deducted from the annual paid leave and is treated as a period of actual work for the purposes of determining paid leave entitlements and all other rights resulting…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Employment contract.

Article L5134-55

The "contrat jeune en entreprise" is an open-ended contract. It can be part-time.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employers employing casual entertainment workers.

Article L6331-55

…ce and recorded performance sectors, for whom it is common practice not to use open-ended contracts due to the nature of the activity carried out and the temporary nature of these jobs, a convention o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Negotiating committee

Article L7343-55

At the request of at least one recognised representative employee organisation on the list provided for in Article L. 7343-4 and one recognised representative professional platform organisation on the…

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