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Title IV: Employee information and training

Article L4141-1 of the French Labour Code

The employer shall organise and provide information to workers on health and safety risks and the measures taken to remedy them. He shall also organise and provide information for workers on the risks to public health or the environment posed by the products or manufacturing processes used or implemented by the establishment, and on the measures taken to remedy such risks.

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Article L4141-2 of the French Labour Code

The employer shall organise appropriate practical safety training for : 1° Workers hired by the employer ; 2° Workers who change workstation or technique; 3° Temporary employees, with the exception of those called in to carry out urgent work necessitated by safety measures and who already have the necessary qualifications for such work; 4° At the request of the occupational physician, workers returning to work after at least twenty-one days…

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Article L4141-3 of the French Labour Code

The extent of the obligation to provide safety information and training varies according to the size of the establishment, the nature of its activity, the nature of the risks encountered and the type of employment of the workers.

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Article L4141-5 of the French Labour Code

The employer shall enter in a prevention passport the certificates and diplomas obtained by the worker as part of the health and safety at work training provided on his own initiative. Training organisations fill in the passport in the same way for the occupational health and safety training courses they provide. The worker may also enter these elements in the prevention passport when they are obtained at the end of…

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Article L4142-1 of the French Labour Code

Depending on the risks identified, specific safety training initiatives are carried out in certain establishments with the assistance, where appropriate, of the professional bodies for health, safety and working conditions provided for in article L. 4643-1 and the prevention services of the regional health insurance funds.

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Article L4142-2 of the French Labour Code

Employees holding a fixed-term employment contract and temporary employees assigned to workstations presenting particular risks to their health or safety benefit from enhanced safety training, under the conditions set out in article L. 4154-2. Notwithstanding the provisions of article L. 4141-4, the financing of these training courses is the responsibility of the user company.

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Article L4142-3 of the French Labour Code

In establishments comprising at least one facility on the list provided for in article L. 515-36 of the Environment Code or mentioned in article L. 211-2 of the Mining Code, the employer shall define and implement risk training for the managers of external companies and their employees, as well as for the self-employed workers it takes on, in accordance with the conditions set out in article L. 4522-2. By way…

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Article L4142-4 of the French Labour Code

Any change made to the workstation for safety reasons, which would result in a reduction in productivity, is followed by an adjustment period of at least two weeks, during which any form of performance-related pay is prohibited. Remuneration is based on the average of the two weeks preceding the change.

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