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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Tips

Article R3244-2

Collective agreements or, failing that, decrees by the Conseil d'Etat issued after consultation with the employers' and employees' organisations concerned, determine by profession or by professional c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Multiple seizures

Article R3252-32

The intervention of a new creditor may be contested at any time during the attachment procedure. Once the seizure has been completed, the debtor may still bring an action for recovery at his own expen…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Incidents

Article R3252-38

…third party relating to a debt not guaranteed by the Treasury's lien, in accordance with article L. 262 of the Book of Tax Procedures, the employer informs the public accountant of the attachment in p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Liens and insurance

Article D3253-2

The maximum guarantee provided for in 4° of Article L. 3253-8 is equal to : 1° Three times the monthly ceiling used to calculate social security contributions, for one and a half months' salary; 2° Tw…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Supplementary provisions

Article D3154-2

…ragraph must enable payment of the rights acquired by the employee and the compulsory contributions due to social security bodies or social institutions for the amount in excess of the aforementioned…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Supplementary provisions

Article D3154-5

When an employee requests, in agreement with his employer, the deposit of all the rights acquired on his time savings account, converted into monetary units, the sums are transferred by the latter to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions

Article R3165-6

Failure to comply with the provisions of article L. 3164-8, relating to exemptions for young workers from working on public holidays, is punishable by a fourth-class fine.

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Chapter V: Criminal provisions

Article R3165-7

Failure to comply with the provisions of article L. 3164-1, relating to the minimum daily rest period for young workers, is punishable by a fifth-class fine. Repeated offences are punishable in accord…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Information annexed to the pay slip

Article D3171-11

In the absence of any agreement to the contrary, employees are informed of the number of hours of compensatory rest and mandatory time off credited to them by means of a document attached to the pay s…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Monitoring weekly rest periods

Article R3172-1

In undertakings and establishments where all employees without exception do not benefit from weekly rest for the whole day on Sunday, the employer shall inform the employees, by any means, of the days…

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