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France: Obligations in relation to private health insurance
An employer must give to each employee (in French) at the commencement of their employment contract an explanatory note (notice d’information) clarifying …
France: The Loi Travail - Briefing 4
This briefing summarises the Macron reforms in relation to the introduction of a new codified right to make collective terminations by agreement (outside …
France: The Loi Travail - Briefing 3
This briefing summarises the Macron reforms in relation to the simplification of redundancy processes: limiting the economic difficulties test to the …
France: The Loi Travail - Briefing 2
This briefing summarises the Macron reforms to consolidate works councils and other employee representative bodies, through the ordonnance on "the …
France: The Loi Travail - Briefing 1
This is the first of our detailed briefings in relation to the Macron labour law reforms and will cover the subject of caps on tribunal damages. …
France: The Loi Travail - Introduction
One of Emmanuel Macron's key campaign promises was the reform of laws relating to employees partly, in order to help French companies respond in a more …
France : New rules on unemployment benefits (convention d'assurance chômage)
On 14 April 2017 the latest unemployment insurance agreement (convention d'assurance chômage) was agreed by trade unions and employers' organisations and …
EU: Article 29 Working Party provides guidance on processing of employees’ personal data at work
Modern technology enables employees to be tracked over time, across workplaces and their homes, through many different devices, such as smartphones, …
Europe: Statutory holiday pay claims- EU Advocate-General publishes opinion on workers denied paid holiday
The ECJ Advocate-General has given his opinion in King v The Sash Window Workshop that employers must make ‘adequate facilities’ (eg, contractual rights …
France: New obligation in relation to the social security coverage of employees seconded to work in France
In principle, an employee is covered by the social security regime which is applicable in the country where he is carrying out his work – ie, employees …
France: Important new decision in relation to the automatic transfer of employees
The French Supreme Court has recently issued an important new decision relating to the automatic transfer of employees in the case of asset transfers …
Updated HSF multi-jurisdictional guide to employee issues in business transfers
Employment law issues rarely determine the strategy for a multi-jurisdictional business acquisition, but they can certainly give rise to significant …
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