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Showing 261270 of 59838 articles for Art. L. n° 2022-297 du 2 mars 2022

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Employee with a fixed-term employment contract.

Article L1226-22

…ompulsory liquidation proceedings, the provisions relating to employee claims mentioned in Articles L. 3253-15, L. 3253-19 to L. 3253-21 are applicable to the payment of the indemnities provided for i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Incapacity resulting from a non-occupational illness or accident.

Article L1226-2

…onal illness or accident is declared unfit by the occupational physician, in application of article L. 4624-4, to return to the job he/she previously held, the employer shall offer him/her another job…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Successive redundancies.

Article L1233-26

Where a company or establishment normally employing at least fifty employees has made redundancies over a period of three consecutive months involving a total of more than ten employees, but no more t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Prior interview.

Article L1232-2

If an employer is considering dismissing an employee, the employee must be invited to a preliminary interview before any decision is taken.The notice is sent by registered letter or by hand-delivered…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Successive redundancies.

Article L1233-27

When a company or establishment usually employing at least fifty employees has made redundancies for economic reasons in the course of a calendar year involving more than eighteen employees in total,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Possibility of an agreement and specific terms and conditions resulting therefrom.

Article L1233-22

The agreement provided for in Article L. 1233-21 sets the conditions under which the social and economic committee :1° Is convened and informed of the economic and financial situation of the company ;…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L1231-2

The provisions of this Title do not derogate from legal provisions providing special protection for certain employees.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Employee with a fixed-term employment contract.

Article L1226-21

…nation of the fixed-term employment contract by the employer in breach of the provisions of article L. 1226-8 entitles the employee to compensation corresponding to the loss suffered. This compensatio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Possibility of an agreement and specific terms and conditions resulting therefrom.

Article L1233-23

The agreement provided for in Article L. 1233-21 may not derogate from : 1° from the general rules of information and consultation of the social and economic committee provided for in articles L. 2323…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Informing the administrative authority.

Article L1233-20

The minutes of the meeting of the social and economic committee consulted on a collective redundancy project for economic reasons are sent to the administrative authority.

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