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Showing 421430 of 36396 articles for Art. Décret n° 2015-1437 du 5 novembre 2015

French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IIIa: Relationship between group agreements, inter-company agreements, company agreements and establishment agreements

Article L2253-5

When an agreement concluded in all or part of a group expressly provides for this, its stipulations replace the stipulations having the same object in agreements or conventions concluded previously or…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Duties of the social and economic committee in undertakings with at least eleven employees and fewer than fifty employees

Article L2312-5

…ask of the staff delegation on the social and economic committee is to submit to the employer individual or collective complaints relating to wages, the application of the Labour Code and other legal…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Membership.

Article L2261-5

If the purpose of accession is to make the branch agreement or the professional or interprofessional agreement applicable in a territorial or professional sector not included in its scope, it must tak…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Information and communication.

Article L2262-5

…are defined by branch agreement or professional agreement. In the absence of an agreement, the procedures for providing information on the applicable collective bargaining texts are defined by regulat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Common provisions.

Article L2281-5

The procedures for exercising the right of expression are defined as part of the negotiations on professional equality between men and women and the quality of life and working conditions provided for…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Safeguard, reorganisation and compulsory winding-up proceedings

Article L2312-54

…sions of article L. 661-10 of the French Commercial Code, shall be heard by the competent court: 1° During safeguard proceedings in the situations provided for in articles L. 621-1, L. 622-10, L. 626-…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Scope of negotiations

Article L2312-56

…rticles L. 2312-8 and L. 2312-37 are carried out at group works council level. It sets out the procedures for forwarding the opinion of the group works council:1° To each social and economic committee…

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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
Paragraph 1: Alert in the event of a breach of personal rights

Article L2312-59

…cular through the intermediary of an employee, that there is an infringement of the rights of individuals, their physical and mental health or individual freedoms in the company which is not justified…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation of elections.

Article L2314-5

Trade union organisations which meet the criteria of respect for republican values and independence, which have been legally constituted for at least two years and whose professional and geographical…

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