Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to France as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
France: National minimum wage increase
France’s Employment Minister has declared that the national legal minimum wage will increase on January 1st 2014 to 9 …
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France: Dismissal for wearing religious sign legal in private sector
On November 27th, the Paris Court of Appeal ruled that the dismissal of a female Muslim nursery employee for wearing a hijab was legitimate …
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France: Report on Sunday working published
The Bailly report on Sunday working has proposed a number of different reforms to Sunday working rules in France …
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France: Limits on bonus payments
A Bill has been sent to the Dutch parliament by the Finance minister, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, which sets a 20% limit on all bonuses in the financial sector from January 2015 …
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France: More powers for the labour inspectorate
A draft reform of the labour inspectorate has been presented to the Council of Ministers in France …
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France: New obligations when closing a site
A new law, which would oblige employees to attempt to find a buyer before closing a site, has been adopted by the French lower house of parliament …
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France: Designation clause removed
A new Bill has been presented by the French government to reform the proposal on the funding of social security …
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France: Sunday working limitations to be reviewed
The French government is due to reconsider the rules on Sunday working …
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France: Sunday working condemned by courts
A commercial tribunal has ordered a number of DIY stores in Paris to close their stores on Sundays …
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France: New corporate tax scrapped
On September 25th 2013 the French Finance Bill for 2014 was published and sent to the National Assembly …
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France: Stores in breach of working time laws
A leading store in Paris, France has been ordered to close at 9 …
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France: Airline found in breach of labour laws
A French criminal court has ordered Ryanair to pay over 8 million euros in damages for breach of labour laws …
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France: Pension reform bill published
The proposed law on the reform of the pensions system in France has now been published and is shortly expected to be discussed by the National Assembly …
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