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Article L3253-6 of the French Labour Code

All employers under private law shall insure their employees, including those seconded abroad or expatriates referred to in article L. 5422-13, against the risk of non-payment of sums due to them under their employment contract, in the event of safeguard, receivership or compulsory liquidation proceedings.

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Article L3253-8 of the French Labour Code

The insurance mentioned in article L. 3253-6 covers : 1° Sums owed to employees on the date of the judgment opening any receivership or compulsory liquidation proceedings, as well as contributions owed by the employer under the Contrat de Securisation Professionnelle ; 2° Claims arising from the termination of employment contracts occurring : a) During the observation period ; b) In the month following the judgement adopting the safeguard, recovery…

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Article L3253-9 of the French Labour Code

Claims arising from the dismissal of employees benefiting from special protection relating to dismissal are also covered where the administrator, the employer or the liquidator, as the case may be, has indicated its intention to terminate the employment contract during the periods mentioned in 2° of Article L. 3253-8.

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Article L3253-11 of the French Labour Code

Also covered are early retirement payments due to an employee or former employee under a professional or inter-professional agreement, a collective agreement or a company agreement. These provisions apply when the agreement or convention provides for early retirement at the age of fifty-five at the earliest. The guarantee provided by this article is limited under conditions determined by decree.

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Article L3253-12 of the French Labour Code

The claims referred to in articles L. 3253-10 and L. 3253-11 are guaranteed: 1° When they are due and payable on the date of the judgment opening the proceedings ; 2° When, if a plan organising the safeguarding or legal recovery of the company is implemented at the end of the proceedings, they become due and payable as a result of the termination of the employment contract, within the time…

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Article L3253-13 of the French Labour Code

The insurance provided for in Article L. 3253-6 does not cover sums contributing to compensation for loss caused by the termination of the employment contract in the context of redundancy for economic reasons, pursuant to a company, establishment or group agreement, a validated collective agreement or a unilateral decision by the employer approved in accordance with Article L. 1233-57-3, where the agreement was concluded and filed or the decision notified…

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Article L3253-14 of the French Labour Code

The insurance provided for in article L. 3253-6 is implemented by an association created by representative national professional employers’ organisations and approved by the administrative authority. This association enters into a management agreement with the body managing the unemployment insurance scheme and with the Agence centrale des organismes de sécurité sociale for the collection of the contributions referred to in article L. 3253-18. If this association is dissolved, the administrative…

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Article L3253-15 of the French Labour Code

The guarantee institutions referred to in article L. 3253-14 shall advance the sums included in the statement drawn up by the judicial representative, even if they are contested by a third party. They shall also advance sums corresponding to claims established by an enforceable court decision, even if the guarantee periods have expired. Court rulings are automatically enforceable against the association provided for in Article L. 3253-14. When the mandataire…

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