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Article L1246-1 of the French Labour Code

November 8, 2023

In the entertainment, cultural action, audiovisual, film production and sound recording publishing sectors, the control agents mentioned in article L. 8112-1 as well as the agents of the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée, the regional cultural affairs directorates, the institution mentioned in article L. 5312-1 and the managing body of the unemployment insurance scheme shall provide each other, upon written request, with all information and documents required…

Article L1247-1 of the French Labour Code

November 8, 2023

The trade union organisations that are representative in the company may take legal action on behalf of an employee, without having to prove that they have a mandate from the employee concerned. The employee is notified of this under conditions determined by regulation and must not have objected within a period of fifteen days from the date on which the trade union organisation notified him of its intention. The employee…

Article L1248-1 of the French Labour Code

November 8, 2023

Any person who, contrary to article L. 1242-1, concludes a fixed-term employment contract whose purpose or effect is to permanently fill a job linked to the normal and permanent activity of the company, is liable to a fine of 3,750 euros. A repeat offence is punishable by a fine of 7,500 euros and six months’ imprisonment.

Article L1248-2 of the French Labour Code

November 8, 2023

Concluding a fixed-term employment contract for a purpose other than that provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 1242-2 or outside the cases provided for in that same article and in article L. 1242-3 is punishable by a fine of 3,750 euros. A repeat offence is punishable by a fine of 7,500 euros and six months’ imprisonment.

Article L1248-3 of the French Labour Code

November 8, 2023

Failure to comply with the provisions of articles L. 1242-5 and L. 1242-6, relating to prohibitions on the conclusion of fixed-term employment contracts, is punishable by a fine of 3,750 euros. A repeat offence is punishable by a fine of 7,500 euros and six months’ imprisonment.

Article L1248-4 of the French Labour Code

November 8, 2023

Any person who concludes a fixed-term employment contract that does not include a term fixed precisely at the time it is concluded, in breach of article L. 1242-7, is liable to a fine of 3,750 euros. The same penalty applies if the employer concludes such a contract without setting a minimum duration, when it does not include a precise term. A repeat offence is punishable by a fine of €7,500…

Article L1248-5 of the French Labour Code

November 8, 2023

Failure to comply with the stipulations of a branch agreement or convention adopted in application ofarticle L. 1242-8 or, where applicable, the provisions of articles L. 1242-8-1 and L. 1242-8-2, relating to the duration of a fixed-term employment contract, is punishable by a fine of 3,750 euros. A repeat offence is punishable by a fine of 7,500 euros and six months’ imprisonment.

Article L1248-6 of the French Labour Code

November 8, 2023

Failure to draw up a fixed-term employment contract in writing and to include a precise definition of the reason for the contract, in breach of the first paragraph of article L. 1242-12, is punishable by a fine of 3,750 euros. A repeat offence is punishable by a fine of 7,500 euros and six months’ imprisonment.

Article L1248-7 of the French Labour Code

November 8, 2023

Failure to send the fixed-term employment contract to the employee within two days of recruitment, in breach of article L. 1242-13, is punishable by a fine of 3,750 euros. A repeat offence is punishable by a fine of 7,500 euros and six months’ imprisonment.

Article L1248-8 of the French Labour Code

November 8, 2023

Paying an employee holding a fixed-term employment contract less than the remuneration that would be received in the same company, after the trial period, by an employee holding an open-ended employment contract with equivalent professional qualifications and performing the same duties, in breach of article L. 1242-15, is punishable by a fine of 3,750 euros. A repeat offence is punishable by a fine of 7,500 euros and six months’ imprisonment.

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Article L1246-1 of the French Labour Code

Article L1247-1 of the French Labour Code

Article L1248-1 of the French Labour Code

Article L1248-2 of the French Labour Code

Article L1248-3 of the French Labour Code

Article L1248-4 of the French Labour Code

Article L1248-5 of the French Labour Code

Article L1248-6 of the French Labour Code

Article L1248-7 of the French Labour Code

Article L1248-8 of the French Labour Code

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