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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Principle of non-discrimination.

Article L1132-4

Any provision or act taken in respect of an employee in disregard of the provisions of this chapter or of II of Article 10-1 of Law 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 on transparency, combating corruption a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Adoption leave.

Article L1225-42

The employee notifies the employer of the reason for his absence and the date on which he intends to end the suspension of his employment contract.The period of adoption leave is treated as a period o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Performance of the employment contract.

Article L1222-4

No information concerning an employee personally may be collected by a system that has not been brought to the employee's attention beforehand.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Recruitment, transfer and dismissal.

Article L1225-4

No employer may terminate an employee's employment contract if she is medically pregnant, during all the periods of suspension of the employment contract to which she is entitled by virtue of maternit…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Adoption leave.

Article L1225-45

Any stipulation in a collective bargaining agreement or agreement providing for a birth-related benefit for employees on maternity leave applies automatically to employees on adoption leave.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article L1221-4

As electronic reverse auctions are forbidden in matters of salary setting, any employment contract stipulating a salary set as a result of such a procedure is automatically null and void.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Adoption leave.

Article L1225-43

At the end of the adoption leave, the employee returns to his/her previous job or a similar job with at least equivalent pay.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Prior interview.

Article L1232-4

…and specifies the address of the departments where the list of these advisers is kept at his disposal.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L1231-4

Neither the employer nor the employee may waive in advance the right to avail themselves of the rules provided for in this Title.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Notice and compensation in lieu of notice.

Article L1234-4

Failure to give notice of dismissal does not bring forward the date on which the contract comes to an end.

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