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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Penalties.

Article L1225-70

…5-1 to L. 1225-28 and L. 1225-35 to L. 1225-69, relating to maternity, paternity, adoption and the education of children, is null and void.

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

Article L1226-4-3

Termination of a fixed-term contract in the event of unfitness entitles the employee to compensation, the amount of which may not be less than that of the compensation provided for in article L. 1234-…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Compensation and penalties.

Article L1226-15

…This indemnity is cumulative with the compensatory indemnity and, where applicable, the special redundancy indemnity provided for inarticle L. 1226-14. When a dismissal is decided in disregard of th…

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

Article L1226-19

Periods during which the employment contract is suspended as a result of an accident at work or occupational illness do not prevent the fixed-term employment contract from expiring.However, where the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Obligations to adapt and redeploy.

Article L1233-4

An employee may only be made redundant for economic reasons when all efforts to train and adapt have been made and when the person concerned cannot be redeployed to available jobs located in France in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Intervention by the administrative authority concerning companies not subject to the obligation to draw up an employment safeguard plan.

Article L1233-56

When the administrative authority detects a procedural irregularity in the course of the checks it carries out, it sends the employer a notice specifying the nature of the irregularity found. At the s…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Absence due to illness or accident.

Article L1226-1-2

…ent contract of an employee suffering from a non-occupational illness or accident remains suspended during the periods in which he/she is following the actions mentioned inarticle L. 323-3-1 of the So…

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

Article L1226-9-1

…ns of this sub-section apply in the event of quarantine within the meaning of 2° of I of article L. 3131-1 of the Public Health Code.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Provisions specific to the departments of Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin.

Article L1226-23

…l and for a relatively insignificant period is entitled to continue to receive his salary. However, during the suspension of the contract, the indemnities paid by a compulsory social insurance scheme…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L1231-6

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat shall determine the terms and conditions for the application of this chapter.

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