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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Retirement.

Article L1237-8

…ons for retirement are not met, the employer's termination of the employment contract constitutes redundancy.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Fixing the term and duration of the contract.

Article L1242-8

An agreement or an extended branch agreement may set the total duration of a fixed-term employment contract. This duration may have neither the purpose nor the effect of permanently filling a job link…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Criminal provisions.

Article L1248-8

…open-ended employment contract with equivalent professional qualifications and performing the same duties, in breach of article L. 1242-15, is punishable by a fine of 3,750 euros.A repeat offence is…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Appeals.

Article L1251-8

…medical or paramedical profession, the temporary employment agency will check that the employee is duly authorised to practise.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Expiry of the contract term and continuation after expiry.

Article L1243-8

…0% of the total gross remuneration paid to the employee.It is added to the total gross remuneration due to the employee. It is paid at the end of the contract at the same time as the final salary and…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Constitution and membership.

Article L1253-8

The members of the grouping are jointly and severally liable for its debts to the employees and to the bodies responsible for compulsory contributions. By way of derogation, the articles of associatio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Timeshare contract.

Article L1252-8

In the user company, the employee on secondment has access to collective means of transport and collective facilities, in particular catering facilities, available to the employees of that company, un…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article L1254-8

…employee's employment contract. The freelance administration company is liable for the remuneration due to the freelance employee corresponding to the service provided under the conditions set out in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Temporary work.

Article L1255-8

…the conditions for renewal of the contract, as laid down by the stipulations of the agreement or industry-level agreement concluded pursuant toarticle L. 1251-35 or, where applicable, the provisions…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Difficulties in formation and operation.

Article L1423-8

When an industrial tribunal cannot be constituted, the first president of the court of appeal, at the request of the public prosecutor, appoints another industrial tribunal or, failing that, one or mo…

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