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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Recruitment, transfer and dismissal.

Article L1225-4-2

No employer may terminate an employee's employment contract during the thirteen weeks following the death of the employee's child under the age of twenty-five or of the person under the age of twenty-…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Night work.

Article L1225-9

…egnant or who has given birth and who works night shifts under the conditions set out in article L. 3122-5 shall, at her request, be assigned to a day shift for the duration of her pregnancy and durin…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Exposure to particular risks.

Article L1225-12

…2° When she has given birth, taking into account the repercussions on her health or breastfeeding, during a period not exceeding one month after her return from postnatal leave.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Exposure to particular risks.

Article L1225-15

…owing an accident at work or an occupational disease; 3° L. 4624-3 and L. 4624-4, relating to individual measures that may be proposed by the occupational physician.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Adoption leave.

Article L1225-46

…t inform his employer at least two weeks before his departure of the starting point and the planned duration of the leave.The employee has the right to return to his initial activity if he interrupts…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Parental childcare leave and part-time work.

Article L1225-48

Parental education leave and the period of part-time work are initially for a maximum of one year. They may be extended twice to end at the latest at the end of the periods defined in the second and f…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Parental childcare leave and part-time work.

Article L1225-51

…he parental leave into part-time work or to convert the part-time work into parental leave.However, during the period of part-time work or when it is extended, the employee may not change the working…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single section: Professional equality plan.

Article L1143-1

In order to ensure professional equality between women and men, the measures aimed at establishing equal opportunities provided for in article L. 1142-4 may be the subject of a professional equality p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Legal proceedings.

Article L1154-1

…nce of harassment. In the light of this evidence, the onus is on the defendant to prove that the conduct does not constitute harassment and that its decision is justified by objective factors unrelate…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article L1221-5-1

The employer shall provide the employee with one or more written documents containing the main information relating to the employment relationship. An employee who has not received the information ref…

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