Article R3255-1 of the French Labour Code
Requiring an employee to pay money or withholding money under the name of expenses or any other name for any purpose whatsoever, on the occasion of his recruitment, the normal performance of his work or the termination of his employment contract in the sectors mentioned in article L. 3251-4, is punishable by a fourth-class fine. These penalties are independent of any restitution or damages to which the offence may give…