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Paternity leave (and leave for de facto fathers) has now been increased …

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Employers with 11+ employees must now issue a new format Pôle emploi certificate to departing employees …

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The French telecom company Orange has reached an agreement with trade unions CFDT, FO and SUD on a new, environmentally sustainable, travel to work plan …

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An upper limit to the total subsidised compensation level for hours not worked during a period of partial activity due to the health crisis was initially intend to be introduced on 1st January 2021 …

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In spite of trades union opposition, the Council of Ministers has voted to ratify ILO Convention 190 on the elimination of all forms of violence and harassment in the workplace …

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Employers are frequently at a loss to make sense of the often arbitrary legal system that confronts them when they establish operations in France …

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All foreign nationals, except those who are permanent residents, are not currently allowed to enter the country by air, car, ferry or train unless it is for “compelling reasons” …

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Foreign employers are often surprised by the fact that collective agreements which are negotiated by a handful of employers and perhaps one or two trade unions in individual economic sectors and/or areas are applicable to all employers in that sector and/or area …

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The Social Chamber of the Cour de Cassation (Supreme Court) has ruled that the banning of an employee’s wearing of an Islamic headscarf was discriminatory …

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President Macron has announced that a slight relaxation of telework will be introduced from 9th June 2021 …

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The auto company Renault has just signed an extension to its 2019 global framework agreement on the quality of working life with the union federation IndustriALL …

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The Court of Appeal in Paris has thrown out of the window the carefully constructed formula introduced by the 2017 Macron reforms to handle compensation for unfair dismissal …

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If an employer in France wishes to hire a non-EU national, they no longer need to manually submit “autorisation de travail” (work permit) applications at local labour department (DIRECCTE) offices …

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Recent case law has led some employers to assume that by including a general liability waiver in a termination agreement they will be excluding all automatic monetary compensation obligations under a non-compete clause, whether or not the non-compete is to be triggered …

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The French national assembly has voted – on environmental grounds – to ban all domestic air travel that may be undertaken in less than 2 …

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