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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Adoption leave.

Article L1225-38

Adoption leave suspends the employment contract. During the suspension, employed parents benefit from the protection against dismissal provided for in articles L. 1225-4 and L. 1225-5. The application…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Adoption leave.

Article L1225-40

When the duration of the adoption leave is divided between the two parents, the adoption of a child by a couple of employed parents gives entitlement to an additional twenty-five days of adoption leav…

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

Article L1225-49

…event of serious illness, accident or disability of the child, assessed in accordance with the procedures defined by decree of the Conseil d'Etat, the parental leave and the period of part-time work e…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Measures aimed at eliminating pay differentials between women and men in the company and ensuring a balanced distribution of each sex among senior executives and members of management bodies

Article L1142-9-1

…ts and publishes the targets for progress for each of these indicators, in accordance with the procedures laid down in articles L. 2242-1 and L. 2242-3 and under conditions defined by the same decree.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Legal proceedings.

Article L1144-1

When a dispute arises over the application of the provisions of Articles L. 1142-1 and L. 1142-2, an applicant for a job, a work placement or a period of training, or an employee, presents evidence su…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Recruitment.

Article L1221-9

No information concerning a job applicant personally may be collected by a system that has not been brought to the applicant's attention beforehand.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Teleworking

Article L1222-9

…he conditions for returning to performance of the employment contract without telework; 2° The procedures for acceptance by the employee of the conditions for implementing telework; 3° The procedures…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Leave of absence and maternity leave.

Article L1225-22

If the child remains hospitalised until the end of the sixth week following the birth, the employee may postpone all or part of the leave to which she is still entitled until the date on which the hos…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Leave of absence and maternity leave.

Article L1225-25

At the end of her maternity leave, the employee returns to her previous job or to a similar job with at least equivalent pay.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Adoption leave.

Article L1225-43

At the end of the adoption leave, the employee returns to his/her previous job or a similar job with at least equivalent pay.

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