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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Priority for re-employment.

Article L1233-45

Employees made redundant for economic reasons have priority for re-employment for a period of one year from the date of termination of their contract, if they make a request during this period.In this…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Informing the administrative authority.

Article L1233-49

…3-31 are communicated to the administrative authority at the same time as the notification of the redundancy project. In addition, the plan is brought to the attention of employees by any means at the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Notification of dismissal.

Article L1233-42

…der issued by the Minister for Employment sets out the models that the employer may use to notify redundancy.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Notification of dismissal.

Article L1233-44

A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall determine the procedures for application of the first and second paragraphs of article L. 1233-39 and articles L. 1233-42 and L. 1233-43.

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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
Paragraph 1: Informing the administrative authority.

Article L1233-48

All the information provided to the employee representatives when they are called to the meetings provided for in Articles L. 1233-29 and L. 1233-30 is sent simultaneously to the administrative author…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Notification of dismissal.

Article L1233-43

…the employee, the employer shall indicate in writing the criteria used to determine the order of redundancies.

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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
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L1231-4

Neither the employer nor the employee may waive in advance the right to avail themselves of the rules provided for in this Title.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Appeals.

Article L1242-4

At the end of an apprenticeship contract, a fixed-term employment contract may be concluded in the cases mentioned in articles L. 1242-2 and L. 1242-3 and, in addition, when the apprentice must fulfil…

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