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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Changes to the employment contract giving rise to ten or more refusals.

Article L1233-25

…employment contract, proposed by their employer for one of the economic reasons set out in Article L. 1233-3, and their redundancy is being considered, it is subject to the provisions applicable to c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Early termination of the contract.

Article L1251-26

…offer the employee a new contract of employment taking effect within a maximum of three working days.The new assignment contract may not include any changes to an essential element of the employee's…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Early termination of the contract.

Article L1251-27

Breach of the availability contract does not constitute force majeure.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Early termination of the contract.

Article L1251-28

…c term. In both cases, the total period of notice may not be less than one day or more than two weeks.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Allocation of working hours

Article L3123-23

…shment agreement or, failing that, a branch agreement extended or approved in application ofarticle L. 314-6 of the Code de l'Action Sociale et des Familles may define the distribution of working hour…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Allocation of working hours

Article L3123-25

The collective agreement allowing the derogations provided for in articles L. 3123-20 and L. 3123-24 includes guarantees relating to the implementation, for part-time employees, of the rights granted…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Additional hours by rider

Article L3123-22

An agreement or an extended branch agreement may provide for the possibility, by means of a rider to the employment contract, of temporarily increasing the working hours laid down in the contract. The…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Allocation of working hours

Article L3123-24

…period within which the employee is to be notified of the change in the distribution of working hours. This period may not be less than three working days. In home help associations and companies, thi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Representation of the professions vis-à-vis the public authorities.

Article L814-2

…ation with legal personality, responsible for defending the collective interests of these professions. The National Council may, before all courts, exercise all the rights reserved to civil parties in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Basis, rates and exemptions for tourist tax.

Article L2333-29

The tourist tax is levied on people who are not domiciled in the commune.

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