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Updated HSF multi-jurisdictional guide to employee issues in business transfers
We have recently updated our multi-jurisdictional guide discussing potential employee issues in business transfers (first published in October 2013). The …
France: New proposals to simplify employee representation
The French Government has proposed a new law intended to simplify employee representation. The key proposals are as follows: for companies with fewer …
France: Alerting employees to heightened risk of 'fake chairperson' frauds
"Fake Chairman" frauds follow roughly the same scenario: the author of the fraud impersonates the Chairman or another senior employee or director of the …
France: Transfer of employees between group companies - an update
1. Previous practice Previously, transferring French employees to another group company (whether in France or overseas) with their …
Europe: ECJ rules that obese employees may be disabled
In a decision on 18 December 2014[1], the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has recognised that obesity can, in certain circumstances, entail …
France: New provisions in relation to training entitlements of employees (in force from 1 January 2015)
With effect from 1 January 2015, new provisions are in force in France, entitling employees to accumulate, during their careers, an entitlement to …
France: Law requiring employees to be informed two months in advance of an intention to sell shares or assets in small and mid-size companies (Loi ESS – 31 July 2014)
Following our earlier post on the controversial Law of 31 July 2014, setting out an obligation for small and mid-size companies to inform employees in …
France: The end of the risk of imprisonment for breaches of obligations towards the works council?
Current regime for breach of obligations towards the works council (and other employee representatives) In France, failure to respect obligations in …
France: New employee information obligations in advance of share and asset sales (in force from 1 November 2014)
The new obligation: Businesses in France are currently in a state of confusion in relation to the status and impact of obligations imposed by a law dated …
France: Proposed abolition of the risk of imprisonment for breaches of obligations towards the works council
France's President, François Hollande, announced yesterday plans to replace the possibility of criminal sanctions (including imprisonment) for délit …
France: Temporary protection against dismissal for new fathers
The new law on equality between men and women, published in France on 5 August 2014 has introduced (amongst other things) protection for fathers, …
France: Small and mid-size employers have new obligation to inform employees two months before share sales and business transfers
France has just passed legislation imposing a new obligation on smaller and mid-size employers to provide information to the employees directly at least …
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