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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Support for the development of employment and skills.

Article L5121-2

A decree shall determine the conditions of application of this section.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Support for training initiatives to help employees adapt.

Article L5121-4

In order to encourage employees to adapt to changes in employment within the company, particularly those with social characteristics that expose them more particularly to the consequences of economic…

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

Article L5122-1

…attributable to :-the temporary closure of their establishment or part of an establishment ;-the reduction of the working hours in the establishment or part of the establishment below the legal worki…

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

Article L5122-3

…account instead of the legal working time: 1° The working time stipulated in the contract for individual package agreements or the collective working time provided for by agreement, for employees who…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Implementing provisions.

Article L5131-7

…tions of the contractual support pathway to employment and independence referred to in article L. 5131-4 and the commitment contract referred to in article L. 5131-6, as well as the nature of the comm…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Missions.

Article L4642-1

The mission of the National Agency for the Improvement of Working Conditions is:1° To contribute to the development and encouragement of research, experiments or achievements in the field of improving…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional bodies for health, safety and working conditions.

Article L4643-2

Professional bodies for health, safety and working conditions bring together representatives of representative employers' and employees' organisations. Their activities are coordinated by the National…

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

Article L4721-7

The provisions of article L. 4721-4 do not apply to the establishments mentioned in 2° and 3° of article L. 4111-1.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Judicial interim relief.

Article L4732-3

The decisions of the court ruling in summary proceedings provided for in this chapter may not result in the termination or suspension of the employment contract or in any pecuniary prejudice to the em…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Aid for redeployment and professional retraining.

Article L5123-4

Allowances paid under this chapter may be assigned and seized under the same conditions and within the same limits as wages.

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