Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to France as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
France: New obligations come into force concerning DUERP
New document unique d’évaluation des risques professionnels (DUERP) rules coming fully in force …
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France: New definition of sexual harassment in the Labor Code
New amendment to the Code du Travail (the French Labour Code) bans sexist comments at work …
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France: Inclusion and the fight against gender violence at Legrand
Legrand, the leading manufacturer of switches and sockets, has adopted new policies on inclusion and the fight against gender violence …
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France: Collective agreement on handling redundant skills
The pharmaceutical company Sanofi is taking active steps to prepare for the emergence of outmoded skills …
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France: “Job leavers” grow during the pandemic
Although the number of people in most EU countries leaving their jobs in Q4 2021 was lower than before the pandemic, in Q4 2019, the number of job leavers in France grew by 50% …
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France: Fixed-term employment contract
The status of a fixed-term contract not signed by one of the parties …
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France: Moral harassment
A peculiar aspect of French discrimination law is the protection from “moral harassment” …
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France: “Forfait-jours” mechanism
An employee who is subject to annual hours (forfait-jours) arrangements may not pick and choose their working schedule …
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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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