Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to France as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
France: Agreed termination and non-compete clauses
When does an employer need to act in order to waive any contractual obligations in respect to a non-compete clause? Where such a clause is present in an individual or collective agreement and the employer decides that a departing employee should not be subject to the restriction, then they have until the date of termination to dis-apply the provision …
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France: Minimum wage to be increased from May 2022
The annual rate of consumer price inflation rose to 4 …
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France: BNP reaches work from home deal with 132,000 employees
The BNP Paribas SA banking group is giving half their employees the right to work from home for up to 50% of the week …
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France: Collective bargaining rights to platform workers
Government moving ahead with provision of collective bargaining rights to platform workers …
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France: Metallurgy sector agrees on national CBA
The Metallurgy sector has just agreed a new single collective agreement …
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France: Employment of seniors
A group of 31 companies has formed an alliance to improve the employment terms and prospects for those aged over 50 …
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France: Orange offers employees in mid-career a break to gain new experience
The telecoms giant Orange is offering employees the opportunity to take a mid-career break …
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France: Unemployment rate (Q4 2021)
During Q4 2021, unemployment fell to its lowest level since 2008 …
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France: New minimum wage starting 1st January 2022
The minimum gross hourly wage is now at €10 …
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France: ENGIE renews agreement with three global unions
The major utility company Engie has concluded a renewed global framework agreement on fundamental rights and social responsibility …
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France: CNIL orders Clearview AI to stop processing personal data for facial recognition
The company Clearview AI is being forced to stop processing personal image data being collected on French territory …
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France: Basic rules for telework
A framework agreement has been concluded by the French Insurance Federation setting out a set of basic rules for telework …
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France: Teleworking agreement with Luxembourg extended until 31 March 2022
An updated cross-border remote working agreement has been reached with Luxembourg …
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France: Industrial producer prices (October 2021)
Changes in industrial producer prices continue to dominate the economic scene, although food, IT equipment and transport equipment price rises were still fairly modest …
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France: MPs approve continued use of Covid health pass through July 2022
Some Deputies and Senators have argued that the current health emergency does not justify extension of governmental powers until the end of July 2022 …
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