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Showing 931940 of 36396 articles for Art. Décret n° 2015-1437 du 5 novembre 2015

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors.

Article R4642-5

…In urgent cases, the decisions of the Board of Directors may be adopted in accordance with the procedures set out inOrder no. 2014-1329 of 6 November 2014 on remote decision-making by collegiate admin…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Work equipment and means of protection.

Article R4722-5

The labour inspection officer referred to in Article L. 8112-1 may ask the employer to have the conformity of the work equipment referred to in Article L. 4321-1 with the provisions applicable to it v…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Formal notice prior to the official report.

Article R4721-5

…s out the provisions of this part that give rise to the application of the prior formal notice procedure and the minimum period for compliance: PROVISIONS FOR WHICH formal notice is required MINIMUM T…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conseil national d'orientation des conditions de travail (National Council for the Orientation of Working Conditions)

Article R4641-5

The Conseil national d'orientation des conditions de travail : 1° Participates in the preparation of national and international strategic guidelines relating to health and safety at work, the improvem…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: National Committee.

Article R4643-5

The Organisme Professionnel de Prévention du Bâtiment et des Travaux Publics comprises a national committee which, through its deliberations, regulates the affairs of the body. To this end, the counci…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Offences committed by a person other than the employer or his representative.

Article R4741-5

…ffences are punishable by a fifth-class fine: 1° Failure to allow workers to express their opinions during meetings of the college or sanctioning or dismissing them, in breach of article L. 4532-11 ;…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Infringements of the rules on occupational medicine

Article R4745-5

…isions relating to medical surveillance of specific categories of workers set out in articles L. 4625-1 and L. 4625-2 and the decrees implementing them is punishable by a fifth-class fine.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Assistance for employees on part-time work

Article R5122-5

In the event of an express or tacit authorisation decision as provided for in article R. 5122-4, the employer may send the Agence de services et de paiement a request for compensation under the partia…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Work stoppage.

Article R4731-5

The labour inspector referred to in article L. 8112-1 will check, as a matter of urgency and at the latest within two working days from the date of delivery or receipt of the letter from the employer…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Infringements of the rules concerning work by young people and by pregnant women, women who have recently given birth or who are breastfeeding

Article R4743-5

Failure to comply with the provisions relating to the age of admission set out in articles L. 4153-1 to L. 4153-5 and the decrees implementing them is punishable by a fifth-class fine. Repeated offenc…

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