Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to France as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
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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France: Unions plan 6 June 2023 protests against Macron and his pension law
Employers should beware that 6th June 2023 has been designated for a national strike against the pensions law …
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France: What best explains the income gaps between individuals?
A recent study conducted by the organisation ‘France Stratégie’ seeks to explain current income levels in terms of a number of factors such as gender, social origin, territorial origin and migratory ancestry …
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France: New interprofessional minimum wage rates (SMIC) (May 2023)
With effect from 1st May 2023, the minimum monthly gross wage rate rose again by 2 …
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France: Crossing final barrier to approval of pension reform
The Constitutional Council has ruled that the government’s decision to increase the normal state pension age from 62 to 64 may lawfully go ahead …
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France: Ratification of important ILO convention
Formal ratification has taken place by the French government of ILO Convention number 190 on violence and harassment at work …
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France: New second-tier Schiappa law
In 2018, the Equality Minister Marlene Schiappa introduced the offence of street harassment – which consists of whistling, making obscene gestures, cat-calling and verbal (non-physical) insults …
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France: Syntec collective bargaining agreement
This agreement covers employee terms and conditions in technology companies …
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France: Saint-Ouen becomes the first city to introduce menstrual leave for its employees
The new rules in Saint-Ouen, part of the Seine-Saint-Denis département (county) northeast of Paris, will allow female staff suffering from period pain to choose between taking time off, or working from home …
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France: Court of Cassation (Supreme Court) rules on use of fixed-day provisions
Under the French Labour Code, working time may be fixed in days by collective agreement rather than by hours worked …
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France: The burden of proof about rest time for remote workers lies with the employer
The Court of Cassation (Supreme Court) has ruled that once it has been established that there is some initial evidence that a remote worker is working excessive hours, it is up to the employer to investigate …
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France: Self-employed contributions
Self-employed professionals that make social security contributions to Copay must now pay contributions towards supplementary pensions and disability-death schemes proportional to their income …
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France: At what point should an employer consult staff representatives about the dismissal of an employee?
The Court of Cassation (Supreme Court) was asked to review a Court of Appeal ruling that the bank Credit Agricole had broken its national collective agreement by only consulting with representatives immediately before a notice of dismissal on grounds of incapacity following illness was to be given …
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France: Employers to be forced into value sharing
The French employers’ organization MEDEF and the SME confederation have signed a national agreement with trade unions (except CGT and CFE-CGC) concerning value sharing …
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France: Employee job abandonment
The Labour Market Law that was agreed in December 2022 and introduced last month was designed to deprive those who walked away from their jobs the opportunity to claim unemployment benefit …
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