Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to France as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
France: Adoption leave rights – the facts
A decree published in the Official Journal on 14th September 2023 indicates that, in the private sector, adoption leave begins on the day the child arrives at the home – or, alternatively, the first working day following their arrival …
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France: Can unused paid leave be postponed?
Paid leave is acquired at the rate of 2 …
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France: Trial periods
Earlier this month, extended employment trial periods – previously allowed under some collective bargaining agreements – were finally banned …
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France: Payslips must now include ‘net social amount’ (‘montant net social’)
The ‘net social amount’ is the net income after deduction of all mandatory social contributions …
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France: Measures to better support women after a miscarriage
Under Law No …
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France: Tax treatment of teleworking expenses
In cases where an employer has not provided an allowance for teleworking from home and the employee opts to deduct the actual costs of occupational expenses, the employee may deduct expenses for teleworking up to €2 …
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France: Industrial output rebounds in July 2023
Although there was a 0 …
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France: Timely reporting of work accidents
A decree has been issued requiring employers to report all fatal work accidents to the labour inspectorate within 12 hours of the death taking place …
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France: Right to compensation for extra working hours
The Cour de Cassation (Supreme Court) has determined that if an employee’s hours exceed working time limits (i …
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France: Tackling discrimination through systematic deception
A parliamentary group has put forward a Bill that would introduce mandatory statistical testing to identify discrimination at work …
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France: Excessive expression of opinions may lead to dismissal
The Court of Cassation has found that a senior executive took his remarks too far in dealing with colleagues …
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France: Did Director accept a demotion?
The Director of operations of a company in economic difficulties was offered the post of Director of Purchasing …
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France: Business travel within France no longer possible by scheduled air services
Domestic flights are now banned if the route can be travelled in less than two and a half hours …
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France: Rupture conventionnelle set to become more expensive from 1st September 2023
Since 2008 French employers have been able to call on a facility to conclude what is, in effect, a mutual separation agreement (Rupture Conventionnelle, or RC) when they cannot find a completely watertight case for dismissal ‘with cause’ …
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France: Rise in per km vehicle travel reclaim rate
The scale used for calculating how much an employee may deduct from their taxable remuneration for essential business use of their vehicle has just risen by 5 …
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