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Article L1237-3 of the French Labour Code

Where an employee who has wrongfully terminated a contract of employment enters into a new contract of employment, the new employer is jointly and severally liable for any damage caused to the previous employer in the following cases:

1° If it is shown that the new employer intervened in the termination ;

2° If the new employer took on an employee whom he knew to be already bound by a contract of employment;

3° If the new employer continued to employ the employee after learning that the employee was still bound to another employer by a contract of employment. In this case, the new employer is not liable if, at the time he was notified, the employment contract improperly terminated by the employee had expired, either in the case of fixed-term contracts by the expiry of the term, or in the case of open-ended contracts by the expiry of the notice period, or if a period of fifteen days had elapsed since the contract was terminated.

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Article L1237-3

Lorsqu’un salarié ayant rompu abusivement un contrat de travail conclut un nouveau contrat de travail, le nouvel employeur est solidairement responsable du dommage causé à l’employeur précédent dans les cas suivants :

1° S’il est démontré que le nouvel employeur est intervenu dans la rupture ;

2° Si le nouvel employeur a engagé un salarié qu’il savait déjà lié par un contrat de travail ;

3° Si le nouvel employeur a continué d’employer le salarié après avoir appris que ce dernier était encore lié à un autre employeur par un contrat de travail. Dans ce cas, sa responsabilité n’est pas engagée si, au moment où il a été averti, le contrat de travail abusivement rompu par le salarié était venu à expiration, soit s’il s’agit de contrats à durée déterminée par l’arrivée du terme, soit s’il s’agit de contrats à durée indéterminée par l’expiration du préavis ou si un délai de quinze jours s’était écoulé depuis la rupture du contrat.

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