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Showing 271280 of 59838 articles for Art. L. n° 2022-297 du 2 mars 2022

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Real and serious cause.

Article L1233-2

Any redundancy for economic reasons shall be justified in accordance with the conditions set out in this chapter. It shall be justified by a real and serious reason.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Possibility of an agreement and specific terms and conditions resulting therefrom.

Article L1233-21

…rse to an expert opinion by this committee when the employer plans to make at least ten employees redundant within the same thirty-day period.

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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

…l and for a relatively insignificant period is entitled to continue to receive his salary. However, during the suspension of the contract, the indemnities paid by a compulsory social insurance scheme…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Employee with a fixed-term employment contract.

Article L1226-20

…e employee holds a fixed-term contract, the provisions of the second and last paragraphs of article L. 1226-12 and articles L. 1226-14 to L. 1226-16, relating to the conditions for dismissal of an emp…

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

Article L1226-24

…able to perform his employment contract is entitled to his salary for a maximum period of six weeks.During this period, compensation paid by an insurance company or a mutual insurance company is not d…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Possibility of an agreement and specific terms and conditions resulting therefrom.

Article L1233-24

Any action to challenge all or part of an agreement provided for in article L. 1233-21 must be brought, on pain of inadmissibility, before the expiry of a period of three months from the date of filin…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Changes to the employment contract giving rise to ten or more refusals.

Article L1233-25

…employment contract, proposed by their employer for one of the economic reasons set out in Article L. 1233-3, and their redundancy is being considered, it is subject to the provisions applicable to c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Meetings of staff representatives.

Article L1233-28

An employer who is planning to make at least ten employees redundant for economic reasons within a thirty-day period shall convene and consult the Social and Economic Committee in accordance with the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Meetings of staff representatives.

Article L1233-29

In companies or establishments usually employing fewer than fifty employees, the employer convenes and consults the Social and Economic Committee. The committee holds two meetings, separated by a peri…

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

Article L1234-2

…loyment contract setting a shorter notice period than that resulting from the provisions of article L. 1234-1 or a longer service requirement than that set out in those same provisions is null and voi…

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