Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to France as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
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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France: Special additional leave for miscarriage
Last Spring, the law changed to allow a female employee (or her partner) to take up to three days leave if she experiences a miscarriage or stillbirth …
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France: Economy flatlines, but inflation rising more than expected
The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) has reported that GDP rose by just 0 …
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France: Redundancy – choosing the correct order for dismissals
Employers in France are constantly having to face judicial quirks whatever course they take to be fair when making redundancies …
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France: Will 2023 see pensions reform at last?
One of President Macron’s key promised reforms when he first came to office in 2017 was the raising of the state retirement age …
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France: Partial transfer of an undertaking
Transfer of undertakings – how does the law apply where there is a partial transfer within the context of a diversified group? The French Administrative Supreme Court has determined that where there is a company consisting of a number of distinct businesses, it is still possible to define an ‘autonomous economic entity’ which has its own objectives, retains its identity on transfer, and is pursued by the new employer …
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France: Declining support does not diminish union demands
The French State postal organization, La Poste, has just undertaken elections for Joint Administrative Commissions and Joint Consultative Commissions (CAP and CCP) …
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France: Internal investigations during an employment dispute
Supreme Court (Cour de Cassation) has ruled several times recently on internal investigations during an employment dispute …
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France: Paid leave increase for Allianz staff
The insurance company Allianz has decided to extend paternity leave to five weeks and maternity leave to 22 weeks (6 weeks more than legally required) for its 12,000 French staff …
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France: Continued optimism as fundamentals collapse
French companies often cling optimistically to the status quo, even as storm clouds gather …
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France: Period of freedom for employers to reward employees in a tax efficient way
Employers are reminded that under the revised finance law and emergency measures to protect purchasing power, a number of temporary changes have been made to bonuses, overtime and government deductions …
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France: New whistleblower provisions
New whistleblower provisions have just come into force …
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France: Government cutting unemployment benefits in 2023
Under the current benefits system, an employee who loses their job may claim benefits for up to two years, or for three years if they are over the age 55 – until retirement age …
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France: Employers must be very careful when declaring redundancies in France
One way redundancies are commonly challenged is to fall back on Article L1233-3 of the Labour Code and relevant case law to establish doubt that criteria are met …
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France: EDF reaches tentative wage deal with unions in bid to end strike
Electricite de France SA is now waiting to hear if a deal with unions will be ratified in an employee vote …
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