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Article R1251-4 of the French Labour Code

The prior declaration of a temporary employment undertaking provided for in Article L. 1251-45 shall include the following information: 1° An indication of the planned operation: creation of a temporary employment undertaking, opening of a branch, agency or branch office, relocation of the registered office or cessation of activity; 2° The name, registered office and legal status of the undertaking and, where applicable, the location of the branch, agency or…

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Article R1251-5 of the French Labour Code

The prior declaration is dated and signed by the temporary employment contractor. Two copies must be sent by registered post to the Labour Inspectorate responsible for the company’s head office. It must also be sent under the same conditions to the Labour Inspectorate responsible for the branch, agency or sub-office that is due to open.

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Article R1251-6 of the French Labour Code

The Labour Inspectorate monitoring officer, after checking that the prior declaration complies with the obligations set out in articles R. 1251-4 and R. 1251-5, returns a stamped copy to the sender within fifteen days of receipt. The company, branch, agency or sub-office may not commence operations before receipt of the document referred to in the first paragraph or the expiry of the period provided for in that paragraph.

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Article R1251-7 of the French Labour Code

For the application of article L. 1251-46, before the 20th of each month, the temporary employment agency sends Pôle emploi a statement of the assignment contracts concluded during the previous month(s) and terminated or in progress during the previous month. A separate statement is drawn up for each establishment hosting one or more employees made available to the company. Pôle emploi provides the regional directorates for companies, competition, consumption, labour…

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Article R1251-8 of the French Labour Code

The statement of assignment contracts complies with a model laid down by order of the Minister for Employment. The statement includes for each user company: 1° The company name, address and main activity of the establishment for which the employee works, the address of the place where the assignment is to be carried out if this is different from the address of the establishment and, optionally, the Siret number or,…

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Article R1251-9 of the French Labour Code

The temporary employment agency shall inform, by any means, the temporary employees of each establishment: 1° Of the communication of nominative information contained in the statements of assignment contracts to Pôle emploi and to the regional director of companies, competition, consumption, work and employment territorially competent; 2° The rights of access and rectification provided for in Articles 39 and 40 of the aforementioned Act of 6 January 1978, which the…

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Article R1251-11 of the French Labour Code

In application of article L. 1251-50, the financial guarantee may only result from a single guarantee undertaking. The undertaking may only be given by a collective guarantee body if it is approved by the ministers responsible for labour and the economy.

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Article R1251-12 of the French Labour Code

The amount of the financial guarantee is calculated, for each temporary work agency, as a percentage of the turnover excluding tax achieved during the last financial year, certified by a chartered accountant within six months of the end of the financial year. The turnover used to calculate the financial guarantee relates exclusively to the temporary work activity. If the last financial year does not last twelve months, the turnover recorded…

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Article R1251-13 of the French Labour Code

In the event of the takeover or merger of temporary employment undertakings, the amount of the guarantee of the undertaking thus formed may not be less than the amount of the combined guarantees of these undertakings. In the event of a partial contribution of assets, the guarantee of the undertaking receiving the contribution is increased according to the increase in turnover resulting from this contribution. In the event of the…

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