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Showing 501510 of 53704 articles for Art. CA Paris 1-12-2021 n° 20/04742

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Public policy

Article L3122-12

Where night work is incompatible with overriding family obligations, in particular childcare or the care of a dependent person, refusal to work the night shift does not constitute misconduct or ground…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3142-12

The duration of this leave cannot be deducted from the annual paid leave. It is taken into account when determining seniority benefits. The employee retains the benefit of all the advantages acquired…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3141-12

Leave may be taken as soon as the employee is hired, without prejudice to the rules for determining the period of leave and the order in which it is taken, and to the rules for splitting leave as set…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy

Article L3142-125

An employee who wishes to provide full-time or part-time technological, vocational or higher education in initial or continuing training is entitled, subject to a seniority condition and under the con…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy

Article L3142-126

Article L. 3142-125 also applies to an employee who wishes to carry out research and innovation activities in a public research establishment, a local authority or a public or private company, unless…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy

Article L3142-127

In companies with three hundred or more employees, the employer may defer an employee's leave or the start of the period of part-time work if exercising this right would result in the percentage of em…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy

Article L3142-128

…r, the number of hours of leave to which an employee is entitled may, at the employee's request, be carried over from one year to the next, provided that the total number of hours carried over does no…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article R322-123

In addition to undertakings carrying on direct insurance operations, including the operations referred to in Article R. 322-135, the companies or funds referred to in Article L. 322-27 whose exclusive…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article R322-120

…s: 1° Their object must be either exclusively insurance or exclusively reinsurance; 2° They may not carry out insurance operations other than those mentioned in 2° and 3° of article L. 310-1; 3° They…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article R322-124

…d regulations governing their constitution shall be null and void. However, neither the sociétés ou caisses d'assurances et de réassurances mutuelles agricoles nor the members may rely on such nullity…

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