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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Membership rules

Article D3141-12

In companies carrying out one or more activities falling within the scope of the extended national collective agreements for building and public works, holiday entitlement is provided on the basis of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Benefits in kind

Article D3231-12

Benefits in kind, other than food or accommodation, are valued at their actual value, at cost to the employer.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conciliation

Article R3252-12

The procedure for seizure of sums due by way of remuneration shall be preceded, on pain of nullity, by an attempt at conciliation, in chambers.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Fuel costs and costs incurred in powering electric, plug-in hybrid or hydrogen vehicles

Article R3261-12

The expenses mentioned in article R. 3261-11 are not covered:1° Employees benefiting from a vehicle made available on a permanent basis by the employer with the employer paying for the cost of fuel or…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employee information.

Article D3323-12

Employees are informed of the existence and content of the profit-sharing agreement by any means provided for in the agreement or, failing that, by posting.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Allocation of the special profit-sharing reserve.

Article D3324-12

The amount of rights that may be allocated to any one employee may not, for any one financial year, exceed a sum equal to three quarters of the ceiling provided for in Article D. 3324-10.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Repayment conditions

Article R3262-12

When the employer has acquired his meal vouchers from a specialised issuer, he may obtain from the issuer, during the month following the period of use, the exchange of his unused vouchers by paying o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Payments.

Article R3332-12

Amounts allocated by way of profit-sharing that employees wish to allocate to a company savings plan shall be paid into the plan within a maximum period of fifteen days from the date on which they wer…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Load handling

Article D4152-12

Pregnant women are not allowed to use hand trucks to carry loads.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Approval of drinking establishments

Article R4153-12

…y withdraw or suspend the authorisation if the conditions required for the care of the minor are no longer such as to ensure his or her health, safety and physical or moral integrity.

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