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French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter: Incentives, profit-sharing and employee savings schemes.

Article L3431-1

Employees of companies subject to the provisions of Book III operating in Wallis and Futuna or the French Southern and Antarctic Territories benefit from profit-sharing and employee savings plans unde…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Use of the account for part-time work

Article L4163-10

The employee applies to the employer for a reduction in working hours, under conditions laid down by decree. This request can only be refused if reasons are given for the refusal and if the employer c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Principles.

Article L4131-1

The worker shall immediately alert the employer to any work situation which he has reasonable cause to believe presents a serious and imminent danger to his life or health, as well as to any defect he…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Transfers

Article L3335-1

In the event of a change in the legal status of a company which has set up a company savings plan, in particular by merger, sale, takeover or demerger, and where this makes it impossible to continue t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General obligation to provide information and training.

Article L4141-1

The employer shall organise and provide information to workers on health and safety risks and the measures taken to remedy them.He shall also organise and provide information for workers on the risks…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions for exercising warning and withdrawal rights.

Article L4132-1

The right of withdrawal is exercised in such a way that it cannot create a new situation of serious and imminent danger for others.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Employee obligations.

Article L4122-1

In accordance with the instructions given by the employer, under the conditions set out in the internal regulations for companies required to draw up such regulations, it is the responsibility of each…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Pregnant women, women who have recently given birth or who are breastfeeding.

Article L4152-1

It is forbidden to employ pregnant women, women who have recently given birth or women who are breastfeeding in certain categories of work which, because of their condition, present risks to their hea…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Enlarged health, safety and working conditions committee

Article L4523-15

The employer and the heads of the external companies respectively take the measures within their prerogatives to enable the employees of external companies appointed to the extended health, safety and…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Inter-company college for safety, health and working conditions.

Article L4532-11

…of their duties within the inter-company college may not be used as grounds for sanction or dismissal.

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