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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Implementing provisions.

Article L1271-17

…L. 421-1 du code de l'action sociale et des familles and the first two paragraphs of article…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Content and conditions of validity.

Article L1321-2

The internal regulations set out : 1° The provisions relating to employees' rights of defence as defined in Articles L. 1332-1 to L. 1332-3 or by the applicable collective agreement; 2° The provisions…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative control.

Article L1322-1-1

The Labour Inspector will give an explicit decision on any request made by an employer to assess the compliance of all or part of the internal regulations with the provisions of Articles L. 1321-1 to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Disciplinary measures.

Article L1331-2

Fines or other financial penalties are prohibited.Any provision or stipulation to the contrary is deemed unwritten.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Sections.

Article L1423-1-2

The Management Section is responsible for cases where the employee involved in the dispute falls into the following categories: 1° Engineers as well as employees who, even if they do not exercise comm…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L1431-2

…any who are members of the Conseil supérieur de la prud'homie the time necessary to carry out their duties. This time is considered as effective working time within the meaning of article L. 1442-6.Th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Application requirements

Article L1441-9

…1° On more than one list mentioned in article L. 1441-18; 2° In more than one section; 3° In an industrial tribunal, college or section other than those for which he fulfils the conditions to be a c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Candidate Section

Article L1441-17

Subject to the provisions relating to the management section defined in article L. 1441-15, for the employers' college, employers and similar persons, as defined in article L. 1441-12, belong to the s…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Additional designations

Article L1441-28

…ion of candidacy results from the submission by electronic means of a list of candidates for each industrial tribunal by the representatives of the organisations to which seats have been allocated in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Exercise of the mandate.

Article L1442-6

Time spent away from the company during working hours by employee members of the labour tribunal in the performance of their duties is treated as actual working time for the purposes of determining th…

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