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Showing 62116220 of 27300 articles for Art. Décret n° 87-712 du 26 août 1987

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Principles.

Article L3231-2

The minimum growth wage guarantees the lowest paid employees: 1° A guarantee of their purchasing power ; 2° Participation in the economic development of the nation.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Monthly payments.

Article L3242-3

Employees who are not paid on a monthly basis are paid at least twice a month, no more than sixteen days apart.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Monthly payments.

Article L3242-4

For any piecework work lasting more than a fortnight, the payment dates may be fixed by mutual agreement. However, the employee receives advance payments every fortnight and is paid in full in the for…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Pay slip.

Article L3243-3

…not constitute a waiver of payment of all or part of the salary and allowances or wage accessories due to the employee pursuant to the law, regulations, a collective labour agreement or contract. Nor…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Tips.

Article L3244-1

In all commercial establishments where tipping is practised, all collections made "for service" by the employer in the form of a mandatory percentage added to customers' bills or otherwise, as well as…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: National service.

Article L3142-98

…al service obligations, or is called up for national service in performance of a commitment for the duration of the war, or recalled for national service in any capacity whatsoever. However, the emplo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy

Article L3142-115

In undertakings with at least three hundred employees, the employer may defer the start of the period of part-time work where this would have the effect of increasing the number of employees employed…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy

Article L3142-128

In companies with fewer than three hundred employees, the employer may defer the employee's leave or the start of the period of part-time work if exercising this right would result in the number of ho…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Public policy

Article L3151-3

…use the rights allocated to the time savings account to supplement his or her remuneration or to gradually stop working. The use in the form of additional remuneration of rights paid into the time sav…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3152-1

The collective agreement determines the conditions and limits under which the time savings account may be credited with time or money at the initiative of the employee or, for hours worked in excess o…

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