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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Leave for employees standing for or elected to parliamentary or local office.

Article L3142-83

The employment contract of an employee who is a member of the National Assembly or the Senate is, at his request, suspended until the expiry of his term of office, if he can prove that he has been wit…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Leave for employees standing for or elected to parliamentary or local office.

Article L3142-82

The duration of absences is treated as a period of actual work for the purposes of determining holiday entitlements and seniority rights under the law and collective bargaining agreements.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Leave for employees standing for or elected to parliamentary or local office.

Article L3142-86

A decree will determine the conditions under which employees' rights, particularly in terms of provident and pension schemes, will be maintained during their term of office.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Leave for employees standing for or elected to parliamentary or local office.

Article L3142-88

Mayors and deputy mayors, the chairmen and vice-chairmen of departmental councils and the chairmen and vice-chairmen of regional councils benefit from the provisions of articles L. 3142-83 to L. 3142-…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Leave for employees standing for or elected to parliamentary or local office.

Article L3142-85

The provisions of article L. 3142-84 do not apply when the term of office has been renewed, unless the duration of the suspension provided for in article L. 3142-83 was, for whatever reason, less than…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Leave for employees standing for or elected to parliamentary or local office.

Article L3142-84

On expiry of their term of office, employees shall return to their previous job, or to a similar job with equivalent remuneration, within two months of the date on which they notified their employer o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Leave for employees standing for or elected to parliamentary or local office.

Article L3142-87

The provisions of this sub-section are applicable to civil servants and non-tenured employees of the State, local authorities and their public establishments as well as to employees of public companie…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Leave for employees standing for or elected to parliamentary or local office.

Article L3142-81

At the employee's request, the period of absence is deducted from the period of paid annual leave up to the limit of the entitlement acquired in this respect on the date of the first ballot. If they a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Discipline.

Article L4234-8-1

Decisions of the National Disciplinary Board are rendered in collegial formation, subject to exceptions, specified by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, relating to the subject of the referral or dispute o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of elements and products of the human body.

Article L1522-8

Title IV of Book II of this Part, with the exception of articles L. 1243-8 and L. 1245-8, is applicable to Wallis and Futuna subject to the following adaptations:1° Article L. 1241-1 is applicable the…

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