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Article L3245-1 of the French Labour Code

An action for payment or recovery of wages shall be barred after three years from the date on which the claimant knew or ought to have known of the facts giving rise to the claim. The claim may relate to sums due in respect of the last three years from that date or, where the employment contract has been terminated, to sums due in respect of the three years preceding the termination of the contract.

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Article L3245-1

L’action en paiement ou en répétition du salaire se prescrit par trois ans à compter du jour où celui qui l’exerce a connu ou aurait dû connaître les faits lui permettant de l’exercer. La demande peut porter sur les sommes dues au titre des trois dernières années à compter de ce jour ou, lorsque le contrat de travail est rompu, sur les sommes dues au titre des trois années précédant la rupture du contrat.

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