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Conditions for accessing the short-time working schemePartial activity (activité partielle) is a government scheme that allows businesses experiencing a temporary downturn to reduce their employees’ w...
In a written response to a Senate question, the Minister of Labour set out the government's view on the growing use of generative AI in the workplace, following concerns raised by a senator about job ...
Recently brought to public attention following a number of testimonies, the "handbag test" involves asking a female candidate, during a job interview, to empty her bag in order to assess her organisat...
Every payslip must state the employee's name, job title, and position within the applicable collective agreement classification. The Court of Cassation has confirmed that the job title and the classif...
The Court of Cassation has confirmed that the use of geolocation technology to monitor employees’ working time is subject to strict conditions. Three cumulative criteria must be met.First, the employe...
The Court of Cassation has confirmed an important principle: where a pay element is paid on a regular and consistent basis over a long period, it may acquire contractual status, regardless of any writ...
The right to disconnect is enshrined in the French Labour Code as one of the mandatory subjects of annual negotiations on quality of working life and working conditions. In the absence of a collective...
A social worker in a medical-social facility, who was a protected employee, had transferred hundreds of work emails to her personal email account and that of her husband.These emails contained confide...
After a period of sick leave, a team leader working for a cleaning company was given new working hours.Instead of working Fridays and Saturdays until 10 a.m., he was now required to work every Sunday ...
An employee worked as a service agent for a cleaning company at several sites in the same city.The mobility clause in her contract was then invoked by her employer, who asked her to work part of the t...
A professional rugby player was subjected to disciplinary sanctions, after which his fixed-term contract was terminated for serious misconduct.He took his case to the Labour Court to contest the non-p...
In this case, an employee sent a letter to the human resources department requesting the removal of a union leaflet about her that had been posted on a union notice board.However, the employer forward...
A draft agreement was concluded on 25 February 2026 by employer and employee unions, providing for new rules on unemployment benefits following the termination of employment contracts.The agreement pr...
Interview with Aurélien Louvet, partnerIn this interview, Aurélien Louvet, a partner at Capstan, discusses the challenges that geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and air traffic disruptions have...