Before any redundancy, the employer is required to search for redeployment opportunities within the French companies of the group to which it belongs.

A Plan de Sauvegarde de l'Emploi (PSE) is a mass redundancy or reduction-in-force plan that companies employing 50 or more employees in France must have in place before dismissing 10 or more employees in a layoff.

This new system clearly comes with advantages but must be carefully carried out in order to not jeopardize the entire operation.

Prévue par la loi de finance pour 2025, l'activité partielle de longue durée est de retour dans un contexte de dégradation de la conjoncture économique, marqué par une hausse des restructurations.

While this is not a new development, it was confirmed most recently by four decisions rendered by the Supreme Court on May 24, 2018.

This law expresses a state of sanitary emergency throughout the French territory for a 2-month period starting March 24, 2020.

Teleworking is the prescribed rule for all job positions that allow working from home until further notice.

Employees made redundant must be informed of the grounds for redundancy at the latest by the date they accept the CRP (14 April 2010 n° 08-45.399 and 09-40.987.

Now equipped with the power to change French labour laws through a simple presidential decree, President Emmanuel Macron is set to make a number of workplace law changes.

Settlement, conciliation and mediation are all options when settling a dispute with an employee in France, but what are the advantages of each method?

France has long laid out a welcome mat to international firms looking to grow their business. However, getting used to French working habits can be difficult and cross-cultural awareness is essential.

France has long laid out a welcome mat to international firms looking to grow their business. However, getting used to French working habits can be difficult and cross cultural awareness is essential.

In a ruling issued on November 25, 2020, the Cour de Cassation (French Supreme Court) reaffirmed the exceptional nature of co-employment by giving a new definition of its constituent elements.

Large collective redundancies in France are subject to a complex procedure, which implies the information and consultation of the works council or, failing such, the employee representatives, prior to any definitive decision.

En septembre 2022, le PDG de l'entreprise indienne Dunkaan a licencié 90% de son équipe d'assistance clientèle.

Par un arrêt du 25 novembre 2020, la Cour de cassation réaffirme le caractère exceptionnel du co-emploi en donnant une nouvelle définition de ses éléments constitutifs.

French labour reform law "El Khomri" will gradually become enforceable over the next two years.

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