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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Incapacity resulting from a non-occupational illness or accident.

Article L1226-4

If, at the end of a period of one month from the date of the medical examination to resume work, the employee declared unfit has not been reclassified within the company or if he has not been dismisse…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Employee with a fixed-term employment contract.

Article L1226-21

If the employee is not declared unfit at the end of the suspension periods, the termination of the fixed-term employment contract by the employer in breach of the provisions of article L. 1226-8 entit…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Employee advisor.

Article L1232-7

The employee adviser is responsible for assisting the employee during the interview prior to dismissal in companies without staff representative bodies.They are included on a list drawn up by the admi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Notification of dismissal.

Article L1233-15

When the employer decides to dismiss an employee for economic reasons, whether as an individual or as part of a mass redundancy scheme involving less than ten employees within the same thirty-day peri…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Internal redeployment measures.

Article L1233-45-1

In companies with fifty or more employees, the employer may, after receiving the favourable opinion of the Social and Economic Committee, propose internal redeployment measures before the expiry of th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Suspension of the contract and protection against breach.

Article L1226-9

During periods when the employment contract is suspended, the employer may only terminate the contract if he can prove either that the employee is guilty of serious misconduct or that it is impossible…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Employee advisor.

Article L1232-10

A decree sets out the compensation arrangements for employee advisers who work outside any establishment or for several employers.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Procedure for consulting employee representatives specific to collective redundancies.

Article L1233-10

…he employer shall send the employee representatives all relevant information on the proposed mass redundancies. It shall indicate 1° The economic, financial or technical reasons for the proposed redun…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Possibility of an agreement and specific terms and conditions resulting therefrom.

Article L1233-23

…3-5 ; 2° The provision to staff representatives of the information provided for in articles L. 1233-31 to L. 1233-33; 3° The consultation rules applicable in the event of receivership or compulsory li…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Meetings of staff representatives.

Article L1233-33

…s envisaged and the alternative proposals to the restructuring project mentioned in article L. 2323-31 formulated by the social and economic committee. It gives them a reasoned response.

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