Pursuant to 3° of Article L. 1242-2, the sectors of activity in which fixed-term contracts may be concluded for jobs for which it is common practice not to use open-ended contracts due to the nature of the activity carried out and the temporary nature of these jobs are as follows: 1° Forestry operations ; 2° Ship repair ; 3° Removals ; 4° Hotels and restaurants, leisure and holiday centres; 5°…
Any employer, with the exception of the agricultural professions, may enter into a fixed-term employment contract, pursuant to 1° of article L. 1242-3, with a person aged over 57 who has been registered for more than three months as a jobseeker or benefiting from a personalised redeployment agreement, in order to facilitate his or her return to employment and enable him or her to acquire additional rights with a view…
Pursuant to 2° of article L. 1242-3, a fixed-term employment contract may be concluded where the employer undertakes to provide additional vocational training to: 1° Candidates undertaking a training course with a view to gaining access to an educational establishment; 2° Pupils or former pupils of an educational establishment undertaking an application training course; 3° Foreigners coming to France with a view to acquiring additional vocational training; 4° Beneficiaries of…
The list of particularly dangerous work prohibited to an employee holding a fixed-term employment contract, as provided for in Articles L. 1242-6 and L. 4154-1, is set out in Article D. 4154-1.
The exemptions referred to in the fourth paragraph of Article L. 1242-6 are granted by the Regional Director for Business, Competition, Consumer Affairs, Labour and Employment under the conditions set out in Articles D. 4154-2 to D. 4154-6.
For the employees mentioned in 1° to 3° of article D. 1242-3, the maximum duration of the fixed-term employment contract may not exceed twenty-four months. In the case mentioned in 2°, the contract may be concluded for the duration of the work placement where this duration is set by regulation. For foreign nationals subject to the work permit system provided for in article R. 5221-1, the maximum duration of the…
The fixed-term employment contract concluded to help older employees return to work, as provided for in article D. 1242-2, may be concluded for a maximum period of eighteen months. It may be renewed once for a fixed term which, added to the duration of the initial contract, may not exceed thirty-six months.
When the employee terminates his fixed-term employment contract before the end of the term, in application of article L. 1243-2, the termination indemnity provided for in article L. 1243-8 is calculated on the basis of the remuneration already received and that which he would have received until the end of the contract.
When a request is made to the industrial tribunal to reclassify a fixed-term employment contract as an open-ended contract, pursuant to Article L. 1245-2, its decision is enforceable automatically on a provisional basis.
A trade union organisation which takes legal action on behalf of an employee, in application of Article L. 1247-1, shall notify the employee by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. The letter shall indicate the nature and purpose of the action envisaged by the representative trade union organisation. It also states: 1° That the action is being taken by the trade union organisation, which may itself appeal against the judgement;…
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