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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Monitoring weekly rest periods

Article R3172-3

…period, and in the absence of an entry in the register, the Labour Inspectorate may only request a duly kept notebook indicating the name and date of recruitment of the employees.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions

Article R3173-1

Failure to send the Labour Inspectorate a duplicate of the poster referred to in article L. 3171-1 is punishable by a fourth-class fine. This fine is applied as many times as there are people employed…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions

Article R3173-3

Failure to submit to the Labour Inspectorate the documents required to record the hours worked by each employee, in breach of the provisions of article L. 3171-3, is punishable by a third-class fine.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Criminal provisions

Article R3222-1

Failure to comply with the provisions relating to equal pay for men and women set out in articles L. 3221-2 to L. 3221-6 is punishable by a fifth-class fine. The fine is applied as many times as there…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Benefits in kind

Article D3231-8

The provisions of this sub-section do not apply to employees in agricultural occupations, merchant navy seagoing personnel, caretakers and employees of residential buildings and domestic servants when…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Special provisions for certain categories of employees

Article R3232-8

In the event of a reduction in activity, the homeworker employed during the same month by several employers must submit to the Labour Inspectorate inspector all supporting documents enabling him/her t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Distribution

Article R3252-34

In the event of seizure of sums due by way of remuneration, the sums paid to the registrar of the judicial court or, where applicable, of one of its local chambers, shall be distributed at least every…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Incidents

Article R3252-41

If the creditor transfers his domicile, he shall notify the court registry, unless he has appeared by proxy.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Reimbursement of public transport costs

Article R3261-2

The employer will pay for tickets purchased by employees in the following categories: 1° Multimodal season tickets with an unlimited number of journeys, as well as annual, monthly, weekly or tacit ren…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Supplementary provisions

Article D3142-74

In the absence of a convention or agreement mentioned in article L. 3142-117, the employer is informed of the request to extend a previously granted leave or period of part-time work for the creation…

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