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Article L7221-1 of the French Labour Code

This title applies to employees employed by private individuals in their private homes to carry out work of a family or household nature.

The individual employer employs one or more employees in or near his or her private home, within the meaning ofarticle 226-4 of the French Penal Code, on a non-profit-making basis and in order to satisfy needs relating to his or her personal life, in particular family life, to the exclusion of those relating to his or her professional life.

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Article L7221-1

Le présent titre est applicable aux salariés employés par des particuliers à leur domicile privé pour réaliser des travaux à caractère familial ou ménager.

Le particulier employeur emploie un ou plusieurs salariés à son domicile privé, au sens de l’article 226-4 du code pénal, ou à proximité de celui-ci, sans poursuivre de but lucratif et afin de satisfaire des besoins relevant de sa vie personnelle, notamment familiale, à l’exclusion de ceux relevant de sa vie professionnelle.

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