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Article L1233-24-3 of the French Labour Code

November 8, 2023

The agreement provided for in Article L. 1233-24-1 may not derogate from : 1° The employer’s obligation to provide training, adaptation and redeployment in application of article L. 1233-4; 2° The general rules for informing and consulting the social and economic committee set out in articles L. 2323-2, L. 2323-4 and L. 2323-5 , except where the agreement is concluded by the works council; 3° The employer’s obligation to offer…

Article L1233-24-4 of the French Labour Code

November 8, 2023

In the absence of an agreement referred to in article L. 1233-24-1, a document drawn up by the employer after the last meeting of the social and economic committee sets out the content of the job protection plan and specifies the elements provided for in 1° to 5° of article L. 1233-24-2, within the framework of the legal and contractual provisions in force.

Article L1233-25 of the French Labour Code

November 8, 2023

Where at least ten employees have refused to accept a change to an essential element of their employment contract, proposed by their employer for one of the economic reasons set out in Article L. 1233-3, and their redundancy is being considered, it is subject to the provisions applicable to collective redundancies for economic reasons.

Article L1233-26 of the French Labour Code

November 8, 2023

Where a company or establishment normally employing at least fifty employees has made redundancies over a period of three consecutive months involving a total of more than ten employees, but no more than ten employees in any one period of thirty days, any new redundancies envisaged in the course of the following three months shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter.

Article L1233-27 of the French Labour Code

November 8, 2023

When a company or establishment usually employing at least fifty employees has made redundancies for economic reasons in the course of a calendar year involving more than eighteen employees in total, without having been required to present a job protection plan in application of article L. 1233-26 or article L. 1233-28, any new redundancies envisaged during the first three months of the following calendar year are subject to the provisions…

Article L1233-28 of the French Labour Code

November 8, 2023

An employer who is planning to make at least ten employees redundant for economic reasons within a thirty-day period shall convene and consult the Social and Economic Committee in accordance with the conditions set out in this paragraph.

Article L1233-29 of the French Labour Code

November 8, 2023

In companies or establishments usually employing fewer than fifty employees, the employer convenes and consults the Social and Economic Committee. The committee holds two meetings, separated by a period of no more than fourteen days.

Article L1233-30 of the French Labour Code

November 8, 2023

I.-In undertakings or establishments usually employing at least fifty employees, the employer shall convene and consult the social and economic committee on : 1° The planned operation and its terms and conditions, in accordance with article L. 2323-31 ; 2° The proposed mass redundancies: the number of job losses, the professional categories concerned, the criteria for ordering and the provisional timetable for redundancies, the accompanying social measures provided for in…

Article L1233-31 of the French Labour Code

November 8, 2023

Together with the invitation to the first meeting, the employer sends the employee representatives all relevant information about the proposed mass redundancies. It shall indicate 1° The economic, financial or technical reasons for the proposed redundancies; 2° The number of redundancies envisaged; 3° The professional categories concerned and the proposed criteria for the order of redundancies; 4° The number of employees, permanent or otherwise, employed in the establishment; 5° The…

Article L1233-32 of the French Labour Code

November 8, 2023

In addition to the information provided for in article L. 1233-31, in undertakings with fewer than fifty employees, the employer sends the staff representatives the measures it plans to implement to avoid redundancies or limit their number and to facilitate the redeployment of staff whose redundancy cannot be avoided. In companies with at least fifty employees, the employer sends the job protection plan with the same objectives.

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Article L1233-24-3 of the French Labour Code

Article L1233-24-4 of the French Labour Code

Article L1233-25 of the French Labour Code

Article L1233-26 of the French Labour Code

Article L1233-27 of the French Labour Code

Article L1233-28 of the French Labour Code

Article L1233-29 of the French Labour Code

Article L1233-30 of the French Labour Code

Article L1233-31 of the French Labour Code

Article L1233-32 of the French Labour Code

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