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Showing 24912500 of 45698 articles for Art. Décret 81-255 du 3-3-1981

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Transmission to Pôle emploi of a nominative list of beneficiaries of the revenu de solidarité active (active solidarity income) and the allocation aux adultes handicapés (disabled adults' allowance)

Article R5312-36

The rights of access and rectification provided for by articles 39 and 40 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and freedoms may be exercised with the body respo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Role of local authorities

Article R5322-3

The agreement by which a municipality becomes a correspondent of Pôle emploi is concluded taking into account the resources that the municipality is willing to make available to users of the public em…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Transmission to Pôle emploi of a nominative list of beneficiaries of the revenu de solidarité active (active solidarity income) and the allocation aux adultes handicapés (disabled adults' allowance)

Article R5312-34

…eeker's entitlement to the revenu de solidarité active, the prime d'activité or the allocation aux adultes handicapés has lapsed.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Information system concerning jobseekers and employees

Article R5312-39

…al space on the Pôle emploi website or via any other information and communication technology, procedures and formalities aimed in particular at: 1° Establishing contact with an employer; 2° Creating…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Contributions and equalisation of costs.

Article D5424-34

The employer shall comply with the obligations arising from the regulations drawn up for the application of this section by the fund to which it is affiliated.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Registration on the jobseekers' list.

Article R5411-3

The foreign worker must provide proof that his or her situation is in order with regard to the provisions regulating the exercise of salaried professional activities by foreigners.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Contributions and equalisation of costs.

Article D5424-38

The rates of contributions are calculated in such a way as to ensure that the costs are equalised between all the companies liable for contributions at national level, while taking into account the sp…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Contributions and equalisation of costs.

Article D5424-39

…ers for Employment and the Economy, after consultation with the Caisse nationale de surcompensation du bâtiment et des travaux publics, divide the companies into the two categories according to the no…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Contributions and equalisation of costs.

Article D5424-31

…sue the employee leaving the company with a certificate stating the number of hours and the periods during which he has benefited from the unemployment and bad weather allowance during the period of t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1a: Financing of the insurance allowance

Article D5422-3

The bodies responsible for collecting unemployment insurance contributions, mentioned in article L. 5427-1, may transmit to the employer or its third party declarant within the meaning ofarticle L. 13…

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