Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to France as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
France: 2018 sectoral collective agreement for the metallurgy industry
The 2018 sectoral collective agreement for the metallurgy industry is now available online …
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France: New French rules on gender pay equality enacted
The law “For the Freedom to Choose One’s Professional Future,” has now been enacted …
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France: Controversial asylum and immigration law adopted
The new Asylum and Immigration Law has made it far more difficult for refugees to settle in France …
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France: Police are now cracking down on cycling regulations
Companies with employees travelling to work by bicycle should advise such staff that the police are now cracking down on cycling regulations …
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France: Macron’s government passes controversial asylum and immigration law
The French National Assembly has passed a Bill significantly tightening up the rules on handling asylum seekers …
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France: Further protection from sexual harassment to be provided
Further protection from sexual harassment will be provided from September 2018 when a new law comes into force imposing on-the-spot fines of €90 to €750 for harassment – including catcalling – in a public place …
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France: Is travelling to work time or to a client to be regarded as work time?
The French Court of Cassation has confirmed that work-related travel time of an itinerant employee spent travelling between his home and his customers’ premises does not count as effective working time for employment law purposes …
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France: Indians no longer require airport transit visa
Indian passport holders will now no longer require an airport transit visa when transiting through the international zone of any airport in France …
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France: New law incorporating the EU Trade Secrets Directive passed through final legislative stages in the Senate
A new French law incorporating the EU Trade Secrets Directive has passed through its final legislative stages in the Senate …
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France: HR-related elements in corporate reforms
A proposed set of corporate reforms currently being drawn up contain a number of HR-related elements …
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France: New data protection law
The new French Data Protection Law implementing the GDPR had not been adopted for even a day before it was referred to the Constitutional Court by a large body of Senators for review …
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France/Italy: #MeToo
The journalist who started the #balancetonporc movement, France’s answer to #MeToo, is herself being sued by the man she accused …
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France: Air France-KLM CEO to quit after staff reject pay deal
Air France-KLM employees have rejected a pay offer that would have given them a pay rise of 7% over the next 4 years …
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France: Algerian woman denied French citizenship over handshake
The Council of State, the country’s administrative court has denied French nationality to an Algerian woman who refused to shake hands with male officials at a naturalization ceremony …
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France: €90 fine for public harassment
Following similar laws in Belgium and Poland, the French government has drafted a new Bill criminalising sexist remarks or gestures in public places …
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