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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Citizen Commitment Account

Article L5151-12

Employers may grant paid leave for voluntary work. These days of leave can be credited to the Citizen Commitment Account.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Personalised assistance for returning to work

Article L5133-10

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat shall determine the terms and conditions for the application of this section.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employment contract

Article L5134-127

…acher of the future may be combined with any higher education grants that the person concerned may also be receiving. At his or her request, the beneficiary of a job as a future teacher will be issued…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Placement and support for jobseekers.

Article L5312-12

Disputes relating to benefits provided by the institution on behalf of the body responsible for managing the unemployment insurance scheme or on behalf of the State are subject to the litigation arran…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions for publication and dissemination of job offers.

Article L5332-1

All job offers published or broadcast are dated.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Legal proceedings.

Article L5212-16

…s whose main object is to defend the interests of the beneficiaries of this chapter may bring a civil action based on non-compliance with the provisions of this chapter, where such non-compliance caus…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Principles.

Article L5321-1

The activity of placement consists of providing, on a regular basis, services aimed at matching job offers with job applications, without the person carrying out this activity becoming a party to the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Calculation of the number of beneficiaries.

Article L5212-15

Holders of a reserved post allocated in application of the provisions of Chapter IV of Title III of Book III of the Code des pensions militaires d'invalidité et des victimes de la guerre (Military Inv…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Adapted companies

Article L5213-17

In the event of voluntary departure for the mainstream company, the disabled employee who resigns will benefit from priority hiring if he or she wishes to return to the adapted company, the terms and…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Local missions for the professional and social integration of young people.

Article L5314-1

Local missions for the professional and social integration of young people may be set up by the State, local authorities, public establishments, professional and trade union organisations and associat…

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