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Showing 641650 of 36396 articles for Art. Décret n° 2015-1437 du 5 novembre 2015

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Informing the administrative authority

Article D1233-5

…documents intended for the central social and economic committee, in application of article L. 1233-51, are sent by electronic means to the regional director of companies, competition, consumption, la…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employee adviser

Article D1232-5

The list of employee advisers is drawn up in each département by the prefect and published in the prefecture's administrative records. It is made available to employees in each labour inspection secti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions specific to breastfeeding

Article R1225-5

The hour provided for in article L. 1225-30 available to the employee to breastfeed her child is divided into two thirty-minute periods, one during the morning shift and the other during the afternoon…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Transmission

Article R1221-5

The pre-employment declaration is made electronically. If electronic means are not available, the declaration is made using a form laid down by order of the ministers responsible for labour and social…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Criminal provisions

Article R1227-5

Disregarding the provisions of: 1° Articles L. 1225-1 to L. 1225-28 and articles R. 1225-1, R. 1225-3, R. 1225-4 and R. 1225-11, relating to the protection of pregnancy and maternity, is punishable by…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Absence due to illness or accident

Article D1226-5

Allowances received by the employee from social security and supplementary provident schemes are deducted from the additional compensation, but in the latter case only the portion of benefits resultin…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Temporary work

Article R1255-5

…content, dispatch and availability of the financial guarantee certificate set out in article R. 1251-14 is punishable by a second-class fine.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Portage salarial

Article R1254-5

…r, after checking that the prior declaration complies with the obligations set out in articles R. 1254-2 and R. 1254-3, returns a stamped copy to the sender within fifteen days of receipt. The company…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Criminal provisions

Article R1238-5

…1233-10, relating to informing the administrative authority when ten or more employees are made redundant for economic reasons within the same thirty-day period, is punishable by a fourth-class fine…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Reimbursement of unemployment benefit

Article R1235-5

Within eight days of receipt of the objection, the court registry shall inform the Director General of Pôle emploi by any means giving a date certain of the receipt of this information. As soon as he…

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