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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Breach of contract.

Article L1237-11

The employer and employee may jointly agree on the terms and conditions of termination of their employment contract.A contractual termination cannot be imposed by either party, and cannot be used as a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Redundancy pay.

Article L1234-11

Circumstances leading to the suspension of the employment contract, by virtue of legal provisions, a collective labour agreement, contractual stipulations or customary practice, do not affect the empl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Expiry of the contract term and continuation after expiry.

Article L1243-11

Where the contractual employment relationship continues after the expiry of the fixed-term contract, the latter becomes a contract of indefinite duration.The employee retains the seniority acquired at…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employment and working conditions.

Article L1253-11

Without prejudice to branch or professional agreements applicable to employers' groups, the professional organisations representing employers' groups and the representative trade unions may conclude c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Secondment contract and timeshare company.

Article L1252-11

Any clause prohibiting the recruitment of a seconded employee by the user undertaking at the end of his assignment is deemed unwritten.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Fixing the term and duration of the contract

Article L1254-11

The term of an employment contract is fixed precisely when it is entered into. However, it may not include a precise term if the term of the object for which it was concluded is not known. It is then…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Difficulties in formation and operation.

Article L1423-11

In the event of a lasting interruption in its operation or serious difficulties making it impossible to operate under normal conditions, the industrial tribunal may be dissolved by a decree stating th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article L1524-11

The minimum financial guarantee for temporary work contractors in Mayotte is set annually by decree.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Expressing the wishes of patients refusing treatment and patients at the end of life

Article L1111-11

Any person of legal age may draw up advance directives in the event of one day being unable to express his or her wishes. These advance directives express the person's wishes regarding the end of thei…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter: Human rights

Article L1110-11

Volunteers, trained in end-of-life care and belonging to associations that select them, may, with the agreement of the patient or their relatives and without interfering with medical and paramedical c…

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