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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3121-9

A period of on-call duty is defined as a period during which the employee, without being at his place of work and without being permanently and immediately available to the employer, must be able to i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Work relating to national defence.

Article L3132-9

In State establishments and in those where work is carried out on behalf of the State and in the interests of national defence, the weekly rest period may be temporarily suspended by the ministers con…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Mediation procedure.

Article L2523-9

If the Ombudsman is knowingly denied access to documents that are relevant to the performance of his duties, he shall submit a report to the administrative authority, which shall forward it to the pub…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Superior Court of Arbitration.

Article L2524-9

Where the Superior Court of Arbitration annuls an arbitral award in whole or in part, it shall refer the case back to the parties who shall appoint a new arbitrator if they so agree. If, following a n…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Minimum working hours and overtime

Article L3123-9

Overtime may not have the effect of increasing the working time of a part-time employee to the level of the legal working time or, if it is lower, to the level of the working time set by agreement.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy.

Article L3133-9

The hours corresponding to the solidarity day, up to a limit of seven hours or the number of hours proportional to the contractual working hours for part-time employees, are not deducted from the annu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy.

Article L3141-9

The provisions of this section are without prejudice to the stipulations of collective bargaining agreements or contracts of employment or to practices which provide for longer periods of paid leave.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Implementing provisions.

Article L3232-9

Decrees in the Conseil d'Etat will determine the terms and conditions for the application of this chapter, in particular: 1° The conditions, procedures and deadlines for reimbursement by the State of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Employee participation in the nation's economic development.

Article L3231-9

Successive annual increases in the minimum growth wage must aim to eliminate any lasting distortion between its increase and changes in general economic conditions and incomes.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Annual leave.

Article L3164-9

Regardless of their length of service in the company, employees under the age of twenty-one on 30 April of the previous year are entitled, if they so request, to a holiday of thirty working days. They…

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