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Article L1221-5-1 of the French Labour Code

November 8, 2023

The employer shall provide the employee with one or more written documents containing the main information relating to the employment relationship. An employee who has not received the information referred to in the first paragraph may only apply to the competent court to obtain this information after giving formal notice to his employer to provide him with the required documents or, where applicable, to supplement the documents provided. A decree…

Article L1221-6 of the French Labour Code

November 8, 2023

The information requested, in any form whatsoever, from a job applicant may only be used to assess his/her ability to hold the post offered or his/her professional aptitudes. This information must have a direct and necessary link with the job offered or with the assessment of professional aptitude. Candidates are required to respond in good faith to such requests for information.

Article L1221-7 of the French Labour Code

November 8, 2023

The information mentioned in article L. 1221-6 and communicated in writing by a job applicant may be examined under conditions that preserve his/her anonymity. The terms and conditions for the application of this article shall be determined by decree of the Conseil d’Etat.

Article L1221-8 of the French Labour Code

November 8, 2023

Job applicants are expressly informed of the methods and techniques used to assist recruitment prior to their implementation. The results obtained are confidential. The methods and techniques used to assist recruitment or to evaluate job applicants must be relevant to the intended purpose.

Article L1221-9 of the French Labour Code

November 8, 2023

No information concerning a job applicant personally may be collected by a system that has not been brought to the applicant’s attention beforehand.

Article L1221-10 of the French Labour Code

November 8, 2023

An employee may only be recruited after the employer has made a declaration of the employee’s name to the social security bodies designated for this purpose. The employer must complete this declaration at all workplaces where employees are employed.

Article L1221-11 of the French Labour Code

November 8, 2023

Failure to comply with the obligation to make a declaration prior to recruitment, as ascertained by the agents mentioned in article L. 8271-7, will result in a penalty equal to three hundred times the hourly rate of the guaranteed minimum provided for in article L. 3231-12.

Article L1221-12 of the French Labour Code

November 8, 2023

A decree of the Conseil d’Etat shall determine : 1° The conditions under which the pre-employment declaration is made ; 2° The procedures for recovery of the penalty provided for in article L. 1221-11.

Article L1221-12-1 of the French Labour Code

November 8, 2023

The following are required to submit their pre-employment declarations electronically: 1° Employers whose staff come under the general social security scheme, other than private individuals employing an employee in their service, and whose number of pre-employment declarations made during the previous calendar year exceeds a threshold set by decree; 2° Employers whose staff are covered by the agricultural social protection scheme and whose number of pre-employment declarations made during the…

Article L1221-13 of the French Labour Code

November 8, 2023

A single personnel register is kept in all establishments where employees are employed. The surnames and forenames of all employees are entered in the order of recruitment. These details must be entered indelibly in the register at the time of recruitment. The surnames and forenames of trainees and civic service volunteers within the meaning ofarticle L. 120-1 of the French National Service Code who are received in the establishment are…

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Article L1221-5-1 of the French Labour Code

Article L1221-6 of the French Labour Code

Article L1221-7 of the French Labour Code

Article L1221-8 of the French Labour Code

Article L1221-9 of the French Labour Code

Article L1221-10 of the French Labour Code

Article L1221-11 of the French Labour Code

Article L1221-12 of the French Labour Code

Article L1221-12-1 of the French Labour Code

Article L1221-13 of the French Labour Code

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