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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Prohibition.

Article L8231-1

Bargaining, defined as any profit-making supply of labour that has the effect of causing prejudice to the employee concerned or evading the application of legal provisions or the stipulations of a col…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Prohibition.

Article L8241-2

Non-profit lending of labour is authorised. In this case, articles L. 1251-21 to L. 1251-24, 2° and 3° ofarticle L. 2312-6, 9° of II ofarticle L. 2312-26 andarticle L. 5221-4 of this Code as well as a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Prohibitions.

Article L8251-2

No one may, directly or indirectly, knowingly use the services of an employer of a foreign national who is not authorised to work.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Prohibitions.

Article L8251-1

No person may, directly or indirectly, recruit, retain in his service or employ for any period whatsoever a foreigner who does not hold a permit authorising him to work as an employee in France. It is…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Prohibition.

Article L8241-1

Any profit-making operation whose sole purpose is the loan of labour is prohibited. However, these provisions do not apply to operations carried out within the framework of : 1° The provisions of this…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Prohibition.

Article L8241-3

I.-As an exception to the last paragraph ofarticle L. 8241-1 and under the conditions set out in this article, a company may make its employees available on a temporary basis to a young company or a s…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Prohibitions.

Article L8261-1

No employee may perform paid work in excess of the maximum working hours laid down by the legal provisions applicable to his or her profession.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Prohibitions.

Article L8261-2

No person may use the services of a person who does not comply with the provisions of this section.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Prohibitions.

Article L8323-2

No person may, directly or through an intermediary, engage, retain in his service or employ for any period whatsoever a foreigner who does not hold a permit authorising him to work in Saint-Pierre-et-…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Prohibitions

Article D1242-4

The list of particularly dangerous work prohibited to an employee holding a fixed-term employment contract, as provided for in Articles L. 1242-6 and L. 4154-1, is set out in Article D. 4154-1.

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