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Article L1134-8 of the French Labour Code

The action may seek the cessation of the breach and, where appropriate, in the event of a breach, compensation for the damage suffered. Except in the case of applicants for a job, an internship or a period of training, only losses arising after receipt of the request referred to in article L. 1134-9 may be compensated under the group action.

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Article L1134-9 of the French Labour Code

By way of derogation from Article 64 of Law 2016-1547 of 18 November 2016 on the modernisation of justice for the 21st century, prior to initiating the group action mentioned in Article L. 1134-7, the persons mentioned in the same Article L. 1134-7 shall ask the employer, by any means that gives this request a date certain, to put an end to the alleged situation of collective discrimination. Within a…

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Article L1134-10 of the French Labour Code

Where the action seeks compensation for the harm suffered, it shall be brought under the individual compensation procedure defined in Chapter I of Title V of Law 2016-1547 of 18 November 2016 on the modernisation of justice for the 21st century. The judicial court hears claims for compensation for harm suffered as a result of discrimination that the employer has not upheld.

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Article L1142-1 of the French Labour Code

Subject to the specific provisions of this Code, no person may : 1° Mention or cause to be mentioned in a job advertisement the sex or marital status of the candidate sought. This prohibition applies to all forms of advertising relating to recruitment and regardless of the nature of the employment contract envisaged; 2° Refusing to hire a person, making a transfer, terminating or refusing to renew an employee’s employment…

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Article L1142-2 of the French Labour Code

Where membership of one sex or the other meets an essential and determining professional requirement and provided that the objective is legitimate and the requirement proportionate, the prohibitions provided for in Article L. 1142-1 do not apply. A decree of the Conseil d’Etat shall determine, after consultation with representative employers’ and employees’ organisations at national level, the list of jobs and professional activities for which membership of one or other…

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Article L1142-2-1 of the French Labour Code

No one should be subjected to sexist behaviour, defined as any behaviour related to a person’s sex, the purpose or effect of which is to undermine their dignity or to create an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment.

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Article L1142-3 of the French Labour Code

Any clause in a collective labour agreement or contract of employment which reserves the benefit of any measure whatsoever to one or more employees on the grounds of sex shall be null and void. However, these provisions do not apply where the purpose of the clause is to apply provisions relating to : 1° Protection of pregnancy and maternity, as provided for in articles L. 1225-1 to L. 1225-28 ;…

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Article L1142-4 of the French Labour Code

The provisions of articles L. 1142-1 and L. 1142-3 do not prevent the adoption of temporary measures for the sole benefit of women aimed at establishing equal opportunities between women and men, in particular by remedying de facto inequalities affecting women’s opportunities. These measures result from : 1° regulatory provisions in the areas of recruitment, training, promotion, organisation and working conditions; 2° Or stipulations in extended branch agreements or extended…

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Article L1142-5 of the French Labour Code

It is the employer’s responsibility to take into account the objectives in terms of professional equality between women and men in the company and the measures enabling them to be achieved: 1° In companies without a trade union representative ; 2° In companies not subject to the obligation to negotiate under articles L. 2232-21 and L. 2232-24; 3° In companies not covered by an agreement or an extended branch agreement…

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