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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Harassment.

Article L1152-4

The employer shall take all necessary steps to prevent moral harassment. The persons mentioned in article L. 1152-2 shall be informed by any means of the text of article 222-33-2 of the French Penal C…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Legal proceedings.

Article L1154-2

The representative trade union organisations in the company may take all legal action resulting from articles L. 1152-1 to L. 1152-3 and L. 1153-1 to L. 1153-4. They may take such action on behalf of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Pre-employment declaration.

Article L1221-12-1

…y: 1° Employers whose staff come under the general social security scheme, other than private individuals employing an employee in their service, and whose number of pre-employment declarations made d…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Trial period.

Article L1221-19

Open-ended employment contracts may include a trial period, the maximum duration of which is : 1° For manual and clerical workers, two months ; 2° for supervisors and technicians, three months; 3° for…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Performance of the employment contract.

Article L1222-4

No information concerning an employee personally may be collected by a system that has not been brought to the employee's attention beforehand.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Site or operation contract

Article L1223-9

…ng employees about the nature of their contract; 4° The compensation in terms of remuneration and redundancy pay granted to employees; 5° The guarantees in terms of training for the employees concerne…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Night work.

Article L1225-11

…owing an accident at work or an occupational disease; 5° L. 4624-3 and L. 4624-4, relating to individual measures that may be proposed by the occupational physician.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Leave of absence and maternity leave.

Article L1225-16

…f Part Two of the Public Health Code is entitled to leave of absence for the necessary medical procedures. The employed spouse of the woman who is pregnant or receiving medically assisted procreation,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Leave of absence and maternity leave.

Article L1225-20

Where childbirth occurs before the presumed date, maternity leave may be extended until the end of the sixteen, twenty-six, thirty-four or forty-six weeks of suspension of contract to which the employ…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Paternity and childcare leave.

Article L1225-35

…employer regarding the expected date of childbirth, the dates on which leave is to be taken and the duration of the period(s) of leave, the period within which the days of leave must be taken and the…

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