Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to France as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
France: Permission forms not needed for trips within 10km of home in lockdown areas
With free movement restricted by day and night it is now necessary to complete a special form if any daytime journey exceeds 10km …
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France: Staff consultation on business transfers
Although it is a legal requirement for undertakings to consult with their workforce (via their CSE) before moving ahead with a merger or takeover, their failure to do so does not, in itself, affect the French Competition’ Authority’s decision to approve or disapprove the business transfer …
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France: Employee working illegally on Sundays is not entitled to conventional or legal compensation
It is sometimes the case that individuals take poor legal advice and end up claiming for the wrong thing through litigation …
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France: Gender equality index – new publication obligations
Employers are reminded that although this year’s deadline for pay gap reporting has already been reached, the publication of results in a “visible and legible” form still has a deadline for 1st May 2021 and the publication of results for each indicator no later than 1st June 2021 …
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France: Union contributions
The Court of Cassation (Supreme Court) has found that the payment by an employer of all employee’s union contributions via a third party payment broker was not lawful on two principal grounds …
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France: Theoretical schedule
Employers that make concessions to employees who reduce their weekly working hours, particularly as they near retirement, should – according to a recent Supreme Court decision – also draw up a “theoretical schedule” as part of their deal …
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France: Unemployment payments to be based on earnings from the last 24 months from July 2021
From 1st July 2021, unemployment payments will be based on earnings from the last 24, rather than last 12, months …
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France: Professional equality index
Employers with 50+ employees are reminded that they have only until the end of February to submit their 2021 score on the “Professional Equality Index” to the Ministry of Labour and their Social and Economic Committee …
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France: Government to scrap law banning desk lunches
The French Ministry of Labour has revealed that it is seeking to suspend Article R4428-19 of the French Labour Code in order to permit employees to eat lunch at their desks …
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France: Couche-Tard drops bid to take over Carrefour
The French government has moved quickly to squash a potential takeover of its biggest employer – Carrefour – by the convenience store group Couche-Tard …
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France: The minimum wage goes to €10.25 gross per hour from January 2021
The gross monthly minimum wage for a person working 35 hours per week has now increased to €1,554 …
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France: Temporary agreement reached in the road transport sector
Both sides of industry in the road transport sector have reached a temporary agreement on establishing an end of service discount / premium mechanism …
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France: Central bank cuts 2021 GDP forecast to 5%
According to France’s central bank, the economy will partially recover next year, with GDP climbing by 5% …
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France: Distant working
The rapid growth of teleworking earlier this year reversed in the second half of 2020 for a high proportion of office-based employees …
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France: CNIL fines two companies of the Carrefour group €3.05 million for GDPR and cookie violations
The French Data Protection Authority CNIL has fined two Carrefour subsidiaries a total of €3 …
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