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Chapter I: Jobseeker registration and job search

Article R5411-2 of the French Labour Code

Registration on the jobseekers’ list is made electronically with Pôle emploi. Jobseekers requesting registration must declare their place of residence and provide information enabling them to be identified. If they are unable to register themselves electronically, jobseekers may register with Pôle emploi, also electronically, and, if necessary, receive assistance from Pôle emploi staff. The terms and conditions for the application of this article are determined by an order of the…

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Article R5411-6 of the French Labour Code

The changes affecting the jobseeker’s situation with regard to registration or classification that must be notified to Pôle emploi, pursuant to the second paragraph of article L. 5411-2, are as follows: 1° The exercise of any professional activity, even on an occasional or reduced basis and for any length of time ; 2° Any period of unavailability due to illness, maternity, industrial accident, national service or imprisonment; 3° Participation in…

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Article R5411-9 of the French Labour Code

For the purposes of article L. 5411-6, a person is considered to be immediately available for employment if he or she is not engaged in any professional activity, is not undergoing any vocational training and whose personal situation enables him or her to take up employment without delay.

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Article R5411-10 of the French Labour Code

A person is deemed to be immediately available for work, within the meaning of Article L. 5411-7, a person who, at the time of registering with Pôle emploi or renewing their application for employment : 1° Is working or has worked during the previous month in an occasional or reduced activity not exceeding seventy-eight hours per month; 2° Is following a training course not exceeding a total of forty hours…

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Article R5411-11 of the French Labour Code

Subject to the exemptions provided for in article L. 5411-8 and the second paragraph of article L. 5421-3, jobseekers who are immediately available must, both at the suggestion of one of the bodies mentioned in article L. 5311-2, in particular as part of the personalised project for access to employment provided for in article L. 5411-6-1, and on their own initiative, take repeated positive action with a view to finding…

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