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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article L1221-5

Any jurisdiction clause included in an employment contract is null and void.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Single personnel register.

Article L1221-14

The requirement to keep a single staff register may be waived to take account of the use of other means, in particular computerised means, under the conditions set out in Article L. 8113-6.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Voluntary secure mobility

Article L1222-13

…luntary mobility is set out in an amendment to the employment contract, which sets out the purpose, duration, effective date and term of the mobility period, as well as the period within which the emp…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Transfer of the employment contract.

Article L1224-3-1

…w employees is taken over by a private law legal entity or by a public law body managing a public industrial and commercial service, this legal entity or body offers these employees a contract governe…

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

Article L1225-4-1

No employer may terminate an employee's employment contract during the ten weeks following the birth of the child. However, the employer may terminate the contract if he can prove that the employee is…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Paternity and childcare leave.

Article L1225-35-2

The period of paternity and childcare leave is treated as a period of actual work for the purposes of determining the employee's seniority rights. The employee retains all the benefits he acquired bef…

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

Article L1225-54

…ntal leave is taken into account in determining the employee's seniority rights. When an employee reduces his working hours as part of parental leave, the period of part-time parental leave is treated…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Parental presence leave.

Article L1225-62

…employer's agreement, convert this leave into a period of part-time work or split it up.The initial duration of the leave is that defined in the medical certificate referred to in article L. 544-2 of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Single personnel register.

Article L1221-15

The single staff register is made available to the Social and Economic Committee and to the officials and agents responsible for ensuring the application of this Code and the Social Security Code.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Other formalities.

Article L1221-16

In certain establishments or professions defined by regulation, the employer must inform the public employment service of any recruitment or termination of an employment contract.

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