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Showing 23112320 of 45497 articles for Art. Loi 2019-222 du 23-3-2019

French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal provisions

Article R2146-3

Any director or administrator of a trade union or union of trade unions who, in disregard of the provisions of article L. 2131-4, opposes the access of a member of a professional trade union who fulfi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Training for those involved in collective bargaining

Article R2212-3

…civil servants, when they are hospital civil servants; 4° For judicial magistrates, the continuing education provided for by Articles 14 of Ordinance No. 58-1270 of 22 December 1958, as amended, relat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General rules for extension and enlargement

Article D2261-3

…osited and the department to which comments are to be submitted. Interested organisations and individuals have fifteen days from publication of the notice to submit their observations. When a request…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single section: Information and communication

Article R2262-3

…fies where the texts are made available to employees in the workplace and how they can consult them during their working hours.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions

Article R2263-3

Any employer bound by a collective bargaining agreement or an extended collective labour agreement who pays lower wages than those set out in the agreement or collective labour agreement is liable to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Gender equality in the workplace

Article R2242-3

The Labour Inspectorate monitoring officer referred to in Article L. 8112-1 shall give formal notice to the employer to remedy the situation within a timeframe set according to the nature of the breac…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions relating to the approval by employees of agreements negotiated by mandated employees or in application of Article L. 2232-12

Article D2232-3

The procedures for organising the consultation include: 1° The procedures for informing employees of the text of the agreement; 2° The place, date and time of the ballot; 3° The procedures for organis…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Commission nationale de la négociation collective, de l'emploi et de la formation professionnelle (National Commission for Collective Bargaining, Employment and Vocational Training)

Article R2272-3

The full representatives of the employers are appointed by the Minister of Labour as follows: 1° Two nominated by the Mouvement des entreprises de France (MEDEF); 2° Two nominated by the Confédération…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single section: Notification, publication and filing

Article D2231-3

Branch agreements and professional or inter-professional agreements are filed with the central services of the Minister of Labour. When the texts concern agricultural professions, they are filed with…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IVa: Observatory for analysis and support for social dialogue and negotiation

Article R2234-3

The representative employers' and employees' trade union organisations shall notify the head of the departmental unit, within two months of the referral by the latter, of the names of their respective…

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