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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Adoption leave

Article R1225-9

Adoption leave is granted to an employee who has been entrusted with a child by the departmental child welfare service, the French Adoption Agency or any other French body authorised for adoption.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Adoption leave

Article D1225-11-1

The adoption leave provided for in article L. 1225-37 begins no earlier than seven days before the child's arrival at home and ends no later than eight months after that date. The periods of leave ref…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Paternity leave

Article D1225-8

…or in article L. 1225-35 is taken within six months of the birth of the child. The employee shall inform his employer of the expected date of birth at least one month beforehand. The twenty-one or twe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Paternity leave

Article D1225-8-1

…ragraph, up to a maximum of thirty consecutive days.The employee benefiting from this leave shall inform his/her employer without delay, providing documentary evidence of the hospitalisation.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Adoption leave

Article R1225-11

The employee notifies his employer, in accordance with article L. 1225-39, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or by delivery against receipt.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Recruitment.

Article R6152-404-1

A hospital career commitment agreement may be concluded, on the proposal of the head of the division or, failing that, the head of the department, the head of the functional unit or another internal s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Recruitment.

Article R6152-407

…forty-eight hours per week, calculated as an average over a period of four months. When work is performed at night, it is counted as two half-days. Part-time contractual practitioners work between fo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Recruitment.

Article R6152-408

Contract practitioners participate in continuity of care or pharmaceutical duty in conjunction with other members of the medical profession or other pharmacists in the establishment.In this capacity,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Recruitment.

Article R6152-411

Contractual practitioners are recruited by the director of the public health establishment on a proposal from the head of the division or, failing that, the head of the department, the functional unit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Recruitment.

Article R6152-401

The provisions which require consultation of the establishment's medical committee or its chairman, as well as those which provide for the proposal or opinion of the head of the department or, failing…

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