Article L1241-1 of the French Labour Code
November 8, 2023
The provisions of this Title do not apply to apprenticeship contracts or assignment contracts concluded with temporary employment agencies.
The provisions of this Title do not apply to apprenticeship contracts or assignment contracts concluded with temporary employment agencies.
A fixed-term employment contract, whatever its reason, may not have the purpose or effect of permanently filling a job linked to the normal and permanent activity of the company.
Subject to the provisions of Article L. 1242-3, a fixed-term employment contract may only be concluded for the performance of a precise and temporary task, and only in the following cases: 1° Replacement of an employee in the event of : a) Absence ; b) A temporary change to part-time work, agreed by amendment to the employee’s contract of employment or by written agreement between the employee and his employer;…
In addition to the cases provided for in Article L. 1242-2, a fixed-term employment contract may be concluded : 1° Under legal provisions designed to encourage the recruitment of certain categories of unemployed persons ; 2° When the employer undertakes, for a period and under conditions determined by decree, to provide additional vocational training for the employee. 3° When the employer entrusts research activities to the employee and participates in…
At the end of an apprenticeship contract, a fixed-term employment contract may be concluded in the cases mentioned in articles L. 1242-2 and L. 1242-3 and, in addition, when the apprentice must fulfil national service obligations within a period of less than one year after expiry of the apprenticeship contract.
In the six months following a redundancy for economic reasons, it is forbidden to conclude a fixed-term employment contract for a temporary increase in activity, including for the performance of an occasional, precisely defined and non-permanent task that is not part of the company’s normal activity. This prohibition applies to the positions affected by the dismissal in the establishment. This prohibition does not apply 1° When the duration of the…
Apart from the cases provided for in Article L. 1242-5, it is prohibited to enter into a fixed-term employment contract: 1° To replace an employee whose employment contract has been suspended as a result of a collective labour dispute ; 2° To carry out certain particularly dangerous work included on a list drawn up by regulation, under the conditions set out in article L. 4154-1. The administrative authority may exceptionally…
A fixed-term employment contract must have a fixed term when it is concluded. However, the contract may not include a precise term when it is concluded in one of the following cases: 1° Replacement of an absent employee ; 2° Replacement of an employee whose employment contract has been suspended; 3° Pending the actual commencement of employment of an employee recruited under a permanent contract; 4° Seasonal jobs defined in…
An agreement or an extended branch agreement may set the total duration of a fixed-term employment contract. This duration may have neither the purpose nor the effect of permanently filling a job linked to the normal and permanent activity of the company. The provisions of this article do not apply to fixed-term employment contracts concluded in application of 6° ofarticle L. 1242-2 andarticle L. 1242-3.
In the absence of a stipulation in the agreement or branch agreement concluded in application ofarticle L. 1242-8, the total duration of the fixed-term employment contract may not exceed eighteen months, taking into account, where applicable, the renewal(s) under the conditions laid down inarticle L. 1243-13 or, where applicable, article L. 1243-13-1. This period is reduced to nine months when the contract is concluded pending the actual entry into service…
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