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Article L2123-8 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

No dismissal, downgrading or disciplinary sanction may be imposed for absences resulting from the application of the provisions of articles L. 2123-1, L. 2123-2 and L. 2123-4 on pain of nullity and damages to the elected representative. Reinstatement or reclassification in the job is by right. Employers are prohibited from taking the absences referred to in the previous paragraph into consideration when making decisions regarding recruitment, professional training, promotion, remuneration…

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Article L2123-9 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Mayors, on the one hand, and deputy mayors, on the other hand, who, in order to exercise their mandate, have ceased their professional activity, benefit, if they are employees, from the provisions of articles L. 3142-83 to L. 3142-87 of the Labour Code relating to the rights of elected employees who are members of the National Assembly and the Senate. The right to reinstatement provided for in Article L. 3142-84…

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Article L2123-11-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

At the end of their term of office, any mayor or deputy mayor who, in order to carry out their term of office, has ceased their salaried professional activity is entitled, at their request, to professional training and a skills assessment under the conditions laid down in Part Six of the Labour Code. When the person concerned requests to benefit from the training leave provided for in the articles L….

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Article L2123-11-2 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

On the occasion of the general renewal of the members of the municipal council, any mayor in a municipality of at least 1,000 inhabitants or any deputy mayor in a municipality of at least 10,000 inhabitants who has received a delegation of function from the latter who, for the exercise of his mandate, had ceased to exercise his professional activity shall receive, at his request, a differential end-of-mandate allowance if…

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Article L2123-12 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Members of a town council are entitled to training appropriate to their duties. Training is compulsorily organised during the first year of office for elected representatives who have received a delegation. Elected representatives who receive a delegation in the area of waste prevention and management or the circular economy or in the area of town planning, construction or housing are encouraged to attend training in this area. Within three months…

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Article L2123-12-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Members of the town council benefit each year from an individual right to training recorded in euros, which can be accumulated over the entire term of office up to a ceiling and the annual amount of which is set for a period of three years. It is financed by a compulsory contribution, the rate of which may not be less than 1%, deducted from the functional allowances received by council…

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Article L2123-13 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

In addition to the leave of absence and credit for hours provided for in articles L. 2123-1, L. 2123-2 and L. 2123-4, members of the municipal council who are employees are entitled to training leave. This leave is set at eighteen days per elected member for the duration of their term of office, regardless of the number of mandates they hold. This leave is renewable in the event of re-election….

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Article L2123-14 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Travel, subsistence and teaching expenses are eligible for reimbursement. Losses of income suffered by the elected member as a result of exercising his right to training under this section are compensated by the municipality up to a limit of eighteen days per elected member for the duration of the term of office and one and a half times the hourly value of the minimum growth wage per hour. The provisional…

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