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Labour Inspectorate Launches Nationwide Crackdown On Precarious Work Contracts Starting June 2025

In response to the increasing use of precarious contracts in businesses, the labour inspectorate has decided to act starting in June 2025, by launching a nationwide inspection campaign to tackle abuses related to fixed-term contracts, temporary work, and apprenticeships.

France Employment

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Factorhy Avocats

Court Of Auditors Proposes Measures To Restore Social Security Balance, Including Reduction Of Exemptions

In its report published on 26 May, the Court of Auditors outlines a list of proposals to restore the financial balance of social security. Among these proposals is the reduction of exemptions...

France Employment

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Factorhy Avocats

Mandatory €750 Employer Contribution For High-Level Apprenticeships

€750 – This is the mandatory lump-sum contribution that employers must pay towards funding apprenticeship contracts aimed at high levels of qualification.

France Employment

FA

Factorhy Avocats

Unédic Clarifies Impact Of Employer Contribution Cut On Sector-Specific Modulation System

In a circular published on May 1, 2025 (Circular No. 2025-05), Unédic clarified the consequences of the reduction in the employer unemployment insurance contribution on the modulation system that applies in certain sectors of activity.

France Employment

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Factorhy Avocats

Trial Period Defined As Mutual Assessment Phase Under French Labor Code

France Employment

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Factorhy Avocats

L'employeur peut-il invoquer la responsabilité du médecin du travail ou du service de prévention et de santé au travail interentreprises (SPSTI) suite à la tentative de suicide d'un de ses salariés ?

France Employment

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Licenciement disciplinaire : attention au point de départ du délai de notification en cas de report de l'entretien préalable

France Employment

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Herald

Faits tirés de la vie privée : quand l'employeur se fait enfumer

France Employment

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Herald

Mieux vaut un mauvais accord qu'un bon procès, mais parfois on subit les deux !

France Employment

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Herald

Dans le maquis du préjudice nécessaire, l'affaire se corse !

France Employment

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Herald

Arrêt de travail et indemnités journalières (IJSS) : ce qui change au 1er avril 2025

France Employment

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Herald

Remedies To Compensate For Damages Caused By Social Unrest

France Employment

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Herald

Enquête interne en matière de discrimination et de harcèlement sexuel : Les bonnes pratiques de la Défenseure des droits

France Employment

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Herald

Licenciement et trouble mental : éliminer le fou fait-il échec au roi ?

France Employment

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Herald

Doing Business In Comparative Guide For The Jurisdiction Of France

France Commercial

Rimon Electa Law

European Commission Proposes Further Prohibitions Of Territorial Restrictions On Branded Products

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Jones Day

ChatGPT Is Not A Skilled Person

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Plasseraud IP

DDADUE Law Ushers In A New Era For Class Actions In France

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Violences urbaines : la CNIL examine la recherche du CNRS sur les auteurs

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Labour Inspectorate Launches Nationwide Crackdown On Precarious Work Contracts Starting June 2025

In response to the increasing use of precarious contracts in businesses, the labour inspectorate has decided to act starting in June 2025, by launching a nationwide inspection campaign to tackle abuses related to fixed-term contracts, temporary work, and apprenticeships.

France Employment

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Factorhy Avocats

Unédic Clarifies Impact Of Employer Contribution Cut On Sector-Specific Modulation System

In a circular published on May 1, 2025 (Circular No. 2025-05), Unédic clarified the consequences of the reduction in the employer unemployment insurance contribution on the modulation system that applies in certain sectors of activity.

France Employment

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Trial Period Defined As Mutual Assessment Phase Under French Labor Code

According to Article L.1221-20 of the French Labor Code, the trial period allows the employer to assess the employee's skills in the job, particularly in light of their experience, and the employee to determine whether the position suits them.

France Employment

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L'employeur peut-il invoquer la responsabilité du médecin du travail ou du service de prévention et de santé au travail interentreprises (SPSTI) suite à la tentative de suicide d'un de ses salariés ?

France Employment

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Herald

Faits tirés de la vie privée : quand l'employeur se fait enfumer

France Employment

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Mieux vaut un mauvais accord qu'un bon procès, mais parfois on subit les deux !

France Employment

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Une pression par dépit amoureux peut justifier un licenciement disciplinaire pour manquement à l'obligation de sécurité

France Employment

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Télétravail : La prescription relative à l'indemnité d'occupation du domicile clarifiée

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Court Of Auditors Proposes €21.4 Billion In Savings To Meet ONDAM Targets

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Discrimination, Disability & Sexual Harassment

Mandatory €750 Employer Contribution For High-Level Apprenticeships

€750 – This is the mandatory lump-sum contribution that employers must pay towards funding apprenticeship contracts aimed at high levels of qualification.

France Employment

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Enquête interne en matière de discrimination et de harcèlement sexuel : Les bonnes pratiques de la Défenseure des droits

Selon le dernier baromètre du Défenseur des droits réalisé avec l'OIT1, près d'un actif sur trois déclare avoir personnellement été victime de discrimination ou de harcèlement discriminatoire.

France Employment

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Licenciement et trouble mental : éliminer le fou fait-il échec au roi ?

L'irresponsabilité pour cause de trouble mental est une notion bien connue des praticiens du droit pénal.

France Employment

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Enhanced Health Monitoring Ended For Certain Certified Workers Starting October 1, 2025

France Employment

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France Introduces A New Concept Of 'Institutional Psychological Harassment'

France Employment

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Discrimination Salariale : Jusqu'où Vont Les Pouvoirs Du Juge ?

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Equality Law At Work – What To Expect In 2025

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How To React When An Employee Reports Harassment In The Workplace?

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La CNIL lance une consultation publique pour les mesures de diversité au travail

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Court Of Auditors Proposes Measures To Restore Social Security Balance, Including Reduction Of Exemptions

In its report published on 26 May, the Court of Auditors outlines a list of proposals to restore the financial balance of social security. Among these proposals is the reduction of exemptions...

France Employment

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Unédic Clarifies Impact Of Employer Contribution Cut On Sector-Specific Modulation System

In a circular published on May 1, 2025 (Circular No. 2025-05), Unédic clarified the consequences of the reduction in the employer unemployment insurance contribution on the modulation system that applies in certain sectors of activity.

France Employment

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Arrêt de travail et indemnités journalières (IJSS) : ce qui change au 1er avril 2025

Après une annonce à l'automne 2024 suivie d'un report lié à la censure du Gouvernement Barnier, le décret instaurant une nouvelle base de calcul pour les indemnités journalières de Sécurité sociale (IJSS)...

France Employment

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Remedies To Compensate For Damages Caused By Social Unrest

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Government Sets €15 Billion Recovery Target For Tax And Social Fraud In 2026

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Court Of Auditors Proposes €21.4 Billion In Savings To Meet ONDAM Targets

France Employment

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Employee Transport Costs: What Are The Obligations?

France Employment

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Ius Laboris

Age Is Just A Number: France Embraces Its 'Silver Workforce'

France Employment

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Ius Laboris

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Unfair/ Wrongful Dismissal

Licenciement disciplinaire : attention au point de départ du délai de notification en cas de report de l'entretien préalable

La Cour de cassation, dans un arrêt rendu le 22 janvier 2025, effectue un rappel important concernant le délai de notification d'un licenciement disciplinaire lorsque l'entretien préalable est reporté...

France Employment

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Herald

Faits tirés de la vie privée : quand l'employeur se fait enfumer

L'employeur peut-il trouver dans un fait relevant de la vie privée du salarié un motif de licenciement ? La réponse sur le principe est assurément affirmative mais la voie est étroite.

France Employment

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Herald

Une pression par dépit amoureux peut justifier un licenciement disciplinaire pour manquement à l'obligation de sécurité

Dans un arrêt du 26 mars 2025, la Cour de cassation estime justifié le licenciement disciplinaire d'un salarié qui avait maintenu une pression sur une collègue avec laquelle il avait précédemment entretenu une relation amoureuse.

France Employment

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Herald

L'indemnisation par le juge administratif de l'agent public évincé irrégulièrement du service

France Employment

Cornet Vincent Segurel

Letter Of Dismissal: Absence Of A Precise Date For The Acts Of Which The Employee Is Accused

France Employment

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Rupture Fautive Des Pourparlers : Quel Préjudice Réparable ?

France Employment

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Can A Hidden Workplace Affair Lead To Dismissal?

France Employment

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An Advance Warning Can Render A Dismissal Unfair

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Labour and Employment Comparative Guide

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