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Article L1221-17 of the French Labour Code

In addition to the pre-employment declaration provided for in Article L. 1221-10, a pre-employment declaration must be made : 1° When an establishment, having ceased to employ staff for at least six months, proposes to employ staff again; 2° When an establishment employing staff changes operator; 3° When an establishment employing staff is transferred to another location or if it undergoes an extension or transformation resulting in a change in…

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Article L1221-18 of the French Labour Code

By 31 January each year at the latest, all employers of salaried employees or persons treated as such are required to send the body responsible for collecting social security contributions a statement indicating the number of employees who took early retirement or were placed on early retirement during the previous calendar year, their age and the amount of the benefit allocated to them. This declaration also indicates the number of…

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Article L1221-19 of the French Labour Code

Open-ended employment contracts may include a trial period, the maximum duration of which is : 1° For manual and clerical workers, two months ; 2° for supervisors and technicians, three months; 3° for managers, four months.

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Article L1221-21 of the French Labour Code

The trial period may be renewed once if an extended branch agreement so provides. This agreement sets the conditions and duration of renewals. The duration of the trial period, including renewals, may not exceed : 1° Four months for manual and clerical workers ; 2° Six months for supervisors and technicians; 3° Eight months for managers.

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Article L1221-22 of the French Labour Code

The trial period lengths set by articles L. 1221-19 and L. 1221-21 are mandatory, with the exception of : -shorter periods set by collective agreements concluded after the date of publication of the aforementioned Act no. 2008-596 of 25 June 2008; -shorter periods fixed in the letter of engagement or the employment contract.

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