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Showing 84018410 of 27713 articles for Art. Décret n° 2002-120 du 30 janvier 2002

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Obligation of dematerialisation

Article D1221-18

I. - Employers whose staff come under the general social security scheme, other than private individuals employing an employee in their service, who have made more than 50 pre-employment declarations…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Obligation of dematerialisation

Article D1221-19

Failure to comply with the obligation to make a pre-recruitment declaration by electronic means will result in the application of a penalty equal to 0.5% of the monthly social security ceiling per emp…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions specific to breastfeeding

Article R1225-6

The thirty-minute period is reduced to twenty minutes when the employer provides employees with a room dedicated to breastfeeding in or near the work premises.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Adoption leave

Article R1225-11

The employee notifies his employer, in accordance with article L. 1225-39, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or by delivery against receipt.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Resignation to raise a child

Article R1225-18

The employee shall inform his employer of his resignation, in application of article L. 1225-66, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or delivered against receipt. He shall send the em…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Revitalisation by companies subject to the obligation to offer redeployment leave

Article D1233-37

The Prefect concludes the agreement provided for in article L. 1233-85 or article L. 1237-19-10 and monitors and assesses the actions provided for in articles L. 1233-84, L. 1233-87 and L. 1237-19-9.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: National framework revitalisation agreement

Article D1233-48-1

…he creation of activities, the development of employment and the mitigation of the effects of the redundancy envisaged or the effects of the agreement on the termination of the employment relationship…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Job security contract

Article D1233-49

In application of article L. 1233-69 of this code, the skills operators finance 20% of the total educational cost of each of the training courses provided for in article L. 1233-65, with the exception…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Revitalisation by companies not subject to the obligation to offer redeployment leave

Article D1233-46

…the notification provided for in Article L. 1233-46, and in accordance with the conditions and procedures provided for in Articles L. 1233-87 and L. 1233-88, shall define the actions implemented to en…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Revitalisation by companies not subject to the obligation to offer redeployment leave

Article D1233-45

When a company mentioned in Article L. 1233-87makescollective redundancies, the Prefect(s) in the department(s) of the employment area(s) concerned shall assess whether the scale of the redundancies a…

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