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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia

Article L424-2

Where the locally applicable regulations so provide, the investigators and Secretary General of the French Anti-Doping Agency are authorised to intervene in French Polynesia to investigate and establi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application.

Article L1131-2

In any company with at least three hundred employees and in any company specialising in recruitment, the employees responsible for recruitment receive training in non-discrimination in recruitment at…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single section: Professional equality plan.

Article L1143-2

If, at the end of the negotiations, no agreement has been reached, the employer may implement the professional equality plan, subject to having first consulted and obtained the opinion of the social a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Trial period.

Article L1221-26

When the trial period is terminated by the employee, he must give forty-eight hours' notice. This notice period is reduced to twenty-four hours if the employee has been with the company for less than…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Trial period.

Article L1221-20

The trial period enables the employer to assess the employee's skills in the job, particularly in the light of their experience, and the employee to assess whether the job is suitable for them.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Trial period.

Article L1221-23

The trial period and the possibility of renewing it are not presumed. They must be expressly stipulated in the letter of engagement or the employment contract.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L1231-2

The provisions of this Title do not derogate from legal provisions providing special protection for certain employees.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Informing the administrative authority.

Article L1233-20

The minutes of the meeting of the social and economic committee consulted on a collective redundancy project for economic reasons are sent to the administrative authority.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Provisions specific to the departments of Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin.

Article L1226-23

An employee whose employment contract is suspended for a personal reason beyond his control and for a relatively insignificant period is entitled to continue to receive his salary. However, during the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Reclassification of the contract.

Article L1245-2

When a request is made to the industrial tribunal to reclassify a fixed-term employment contract as an open-ended contract, the case is referred directly to the tribunal, which gives a decision on the…

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