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Article L8241-1 of the French Labour Code

Any profit-making operation whose sole purpose is the loan of labour is prohibited. However, these provisions do not apply to operations carried out within the framework of : 1° The provisions of this Code relating to temporary work, timeshare companies and the operation of a modelling agency when this is carried out by a person holding a modelling agency licence; 2° The provisions of article L. 222-3 of the French…

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Article L8241-2 of the French Labour Code

Non-profit lending of labour is authorised. In this case, articles L. 1251-21 to L. 1251-24, 2° and 3° ofarticle L. 2312-6, 9° of II ofarticle L. 2312-26 andarticle L. 5221-4 of this Code as well as articles L. 412-3 to L. 412-7 of the Social Security Code are applicable. Non-profit lending of labour between companies requires : 1° The agreement of the employee concerned ; 2° A secondment agreement between…

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Article L8241-3 of the French Labour Code

I.-As an exception to the last paragraph ofarticle L. 8241-1 and under the conditions set out in this article, a company may make its employees available on a temporary basis to a young company or a small or medium-sized company, in order to enable it to improve the skills of its workforce, to promote professional transitions or to form a business partnership or a partnership of common interest. The scheme…

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Article L8242-1 of the French Labour Code

Representative trade union organisations may take all legal action resulting from the provisions of this Title on behalf of an employee without having to prove that they have a mandate from the person concerned. All that is required is that the employee has been notified, under conditions determined by regulation, and has not objected within a period of fifteen days from the date on which the trade union organisation notified…

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Article L8243-1 of the French Labour Code

Unlawful lending of labour in breach of the provisions of article L. 8241-1 is punishable by two years’ imprisonment and a fine of €30,000. The penalties are increased to five years’ imprisonment and a fine of €75,000: 1° When the offence is committed against more than one person ; 2° When the offence is committed against a person whose vulnerability or state of dependence is apparent or known to the…

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Article L8243-2 of the French Labour Code

Legal entities found to be criminally liable, under the conditions set out inArticle 121-2 of the French Penal Code, for the offence of unlawful lending of labour as provided for in Article L. 8241-1 are liable to the following penalties: 1° A fine under the conditions set out inarticle 131-38 of the French Penal Code ; 2° The penalties mentioned in 1° to 5°, 8°, 9° and 12° of article…

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Article L8243-3 of the French Labour Code

The imposition of the additional penalty of temporary closure of the establishment referred to in 4° of article 131-39 of the French Criminal Code does not result in the termination or suspension of the employment contract or in any financial prejudice to the employees of the establishment concerned.

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