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Showing 17611770 of 37768 articles for Art. Loi 89-462 du 6-7-1989

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Resignation to raise a child.

Article L1225-66

In order to bring up their child, employees may terminate their employment contract at the end of their maternity or adoption leave or, as the case may be, two months after the birth or arrival in the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Economic redundancies in the context of safeguarding, reorganisation or compulsory liquidation.

Article L1233-60

…or liquidator, as the case may be, shall inform the administrative authorities before making any redundancies for economic reasons, in accordance with the conditions set out in Articles L. 631-17, L.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Job security contract

Article L1233-67

…indemnity provided for in article L. 1234-9 and to any conventional indemnity that would have been due in the event of dismissal for economic reasons at the end of the notice period as well as, where…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Job security contract

Article L1233-66

In companies not subject to article L. 1233-71, the employer is obliged to offer, during the preliminary interview or at the end of the last meeting of staff representatives, the benefit of the profes…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Job security contract

Article L1233-68

…security contract and the deadlines for the employee's response to the employer's proposal; 3° The duration of the contract for securing employment and the arrangements for adapting it to the specifi…

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

Article L1234-6

…eriod resulting either from the temporary or definitive closure of the establishment, or from the reduction of the working hours usually worked in the establishment below the legal working hours, the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Employment protection plan.

Article L1233-64

The maisons de l'emploi may participate, under conditions laid down by agreement with the companies concerned, in the implementation of measures relating to the job protection plan.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Retirement.

Article L1237-6

An employer who decides to retire must give notice for a period determined in accordance with article L. 1234-1.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Employment protection plan.

Article L1233-62

…o facilitate the internal or external redeployment of employees to equivalent jobs;6° Measures to reduce or reorganise working hours as well as measures to reduce the amount of overtime worked on a re…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Prohibitions.

Article L1242-6

Apart from the cases provided for in Article L. 1242-5, it is prohibited to enter into a fixed-term employment contract:1° To replace an employee whose employment contract has been suspended as a resu…

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