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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Monthly statement of employment contracts

Article D1221-31

At the express request of the departments responsible for employment control, the employer shall provide the addresses of employees whose employment contracts have been concluded or terminated, as ref…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Implementation of redeployment leave

Article R1233-36

If the employee finds a new job while on redeployment leave, he/she shall inform the employer by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or by letter delivered against receipt. The letter mu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Revitalisation by companies subject to the obligation to offer redeployment leave

Article D1233-38

I. - When a company mentioned in article L. 1233-71 proceeds with a mass redundancy or a collective agreement termination mentioned in article L. 1237-19, the prefect(s) in the department(s) of the em…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Recipient organisation

Article R1221-3

The pre-recruitment declaration is sent by the employer : 1° Either to the body responsible for collecting contributions under the general social security scheme in whose territorial jurisdiction the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Other prior declarations

Article R1221-32

…The receipt for the letter is presented by the employer at the request of the Labour Inspectorate during its first visit.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Other prior declarations

Article R1221-33

…me and address of the declarant; 3° The location of the establishment; 4° The exact nature of the industries or businesses carried out.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Absence due to illness or accident

Article D1226-3

…of absence from work, the compensation periods run from the first day of absence if the absence is due to an accident at work or an occupational disease, excluding commuting accidents.However, in all…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Dismissal of fewer than ten employees within a thirty-day period

Article D1233-3

In the event of redundancies for economic reasons involving fewer than ten employees within the same thirty-day period, the employer must inform the Regional Director for Business, Competition, Consum…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Implementation of redeployment leave

Article R1233-34

If the employee fails, without a legitimate reason, to follow the actions mentioned in article R. 1233-33 or to attend the interviews to which he has been summoned by the support unit, the employer wi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Revitalisation by companies subject to the obligation to offer redeployment leave

Article D1233-39

Within one month of notification of the decision provided for in article D. 1233-38, the company shall inform the prefect(s) in the department(s) concerned whether it intends to meet this obligation b…

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