Part One: Individual employment relations

Unless the parties agree otherwise, the fixed-term employment contract may only be terminated before expiry of the term in the event of serious misconduct, force majeure or unfitness for work certified by the occupational physician. When concluded in application of 6° of article L. 1242-2, the fixed-term employment contract may also be terminated by either party, for a real and serious reason, eighteen months after its conclusion and then on…

By way of derogation from the provisions of article L. 1243-1, the fixed-term employment contract may be terminated before expiry of the term at the initiative of the employee, where the latter provides proof of the conclusion of a permanent contract. Unless the parties agree otherwise, the employee is then required to observe a period of notice calculated on the basis of one day per week, taking into account :…

Early termination of a fixed-term employment contract at the employee’s initiative in cases other than those provided for in Articles L. 1243-1 and L. 1243-2 entitles the employer to damages corresponding to the loss suffered.

Early termination of a fixed-term employment contract at the initiative of the employer, other than in cases of serious misconduct, force majeure or unfitness for work certified by the occupational physician, entitles the employee to damages in an amount at least equal to the remuneration that he would have received until the end of the contract, without prejudice to the termination indemnity provided for in Article L. 1243-8. However, if…