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Article R5122-1 of the French Labour Code

Employers may place their employees in a partial activity position when the company is forced to reduce or temporarily suspend its activity for one of the following reasons: 1° The economic situation; 2° Difficulties in the supply of raw materials or energy; 3° An exceptional disaster or bad weather; 4° The transformation, restructuring or modernisation of the company; 5° Any other exceptional circumstance.

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Article R5122-2 of the French Labour Code

The employer sends the Prefect of the département in which the establishment concerned is located a prior request for authorisation for partial activity. The application shall specify : 1° The reasons justifying recourse to partial activity ; 2° The foreseeable period of under-activity ; 3° The number of employees concerned. If the company has at least fifty employees, it must be accompanied by the opinion previously issued by the Social…

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Article R5122-3 of the French Labour Code

By way of derogation from article R. 5122-2, the employer has a period of thirty days from the date on which the employees are placed on partial activity to send his request by any means giving a certain date of receipt: 1° In the event of suspension of activity due to an accident or bad weather as provided for in 3° of article R. 5122-1; 2° In the event of…

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Article R5122-4 of the French Labour Code

The Prefect of the département in which the establishment concerned is located assesses the information provided by the employer in support of its application, as mentioned in article R. 5122-2, and checks the legality of the conditions for placing employees on partial activity. The authorisation or refusal decision, signed by the Prefect, is notified to the employer within fifteen days of the date of receipt of the authorisation request. The…

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Article R5122-5 of the French Labour Code

In the event of an express or tacit authorisation decision as provided for in article R. 5122-4, the employer may send the Agence de services et de paiement a request for compensation under the partial activity allowance provided for in article L. 5122-1. This request includes : 1° Information relating to the identity of the employer ; 2° The list of names of the employees concerned as well as the…

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