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Article R1225-5 of the French Labour Code

The hour provided for in article L. 1225-30 available to the employee to breastfeed her child is divided into two thirty-minute periods, one during the morning shift and the other during the afternoon shift. The period when work is stopped for breastfeeding is determined by agreement between the employee and the employer. Failing agreement, this period is placed in the middle of each half working day.

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Article D1225-8 of the French Labour Code

The paternity and childcare leave provided for in article L. 1225-35 is taken within six months of the birth of the child. The employee shall inform his employer of the expected date of birth at least one month beforehand. The twenty-one or twenty-eight day period of leave referred to in the third paragraph of article L. 1225-35 may be split into two periods of at least five days each. The…

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Article D1225-8-1 of the French Labour Code

In addition to the leave referred to in article L. 1225-35, the father, the mother’s spouse or the person bound to her by a civil solidarity pact or the cohabiting partner is entitled to an extension of the period of leave referred to in the fifth paragraph of this article in the event of the child’s immediate hospitalisation after birth, for the entire period of hospitalisation in one or more…

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Article D1225-11-1 of the French Labour Code

The adoption leave provided for in article L. 1225-37 begins no earlier than seven days before the child’s arrival at home and ends no later than eight months after that date. The periods of leave referred to in article L. 1225-37 may be split into two periods of at least twenty-five days each. Where the period of leave is divided between the two parents in application of article L. 1225-40,…

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