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Decree no. 2026-503 of 12 June 2026 A decree of 12 June 2026 has adjusted the rules on occupational health visits during and after sick leave, in two respects. First, the pre-return medical visit (vis...
As a rule, a person seeking compensation must prove the harm they have suffered. The Court of Cassation has now confirmed that the same logic governs breaches of the GDPR. In this case, an employer ra...
Ministry of Labour – statement of 24 June 2026 As France is experiencing a spell of extreme heat, the Ministry of Labour has set out employers’obligations and the support schemes available, and has st...
Decree no. 2026-498 of 12 June 2026 A decree of 12 June 2026 implementing the 2026 Social Security Financing Act (loi de financement de la sécurité sociale, Law no. 2025-1403 of 30 December 2025) sets...
A clause imposing a financial charge that deters an employee from resigning is unlawful : it amounts either to a prohibited financial penalty or to a restriction on the freedom to resign, which is val...
An employee who reports moral harassment cannot be dismissed on that ground ; a dismissal that refers to the report is void, and where the dismissal letter cites the report, that ground alone renders ...
An annual hours agreement (forfait annuel en heures) allows a predetermined number of foreseeable overtime hours to be built into an employee’s working time over the year. It is open only to managers ...
A day rate agreement (forfait en jours), under which an employee works a set number of days per year rather than counted hours, requires an underlying collective agreement. This scheme is subject to h...
A mutual termination (rupture conventionnelle) may validly be agreed while the contract is suspended for sickness, subject only to fraud or a defect in consent ; the employee remains free to accept or...
Draft law transposing Directive (EU) 2023/970 – version of 4 June 2026France is transposing Directive (EU) 2023/970, the EU’s pay transparency directive, which reinforces the principle of equal pay be...
Decree no. 2026-419 of 30 May 2026 and Decree no. 2026-425 of 30 May 2026The 2026 Social Security Financing Act created a new supplementary birth leave (congé supplémentaire de naissance). Two decrees...
Law No. 2026-492 of 12 June 2026A law strengthening the protection and support of parents of a dependent child suffering from cancer, other serious illness or a disability has been published. Its main...
Law No. 2026-470 of 11 June 2026Following the agreement reached by the social partners on 25 February 2026, the bill required to implement shorter unemployment benefits after an individual mutual term...
Order of 22 May 2026 on the raising of the statutory minimum wage (NOR TRST2612929A, Official Journal of 24 May 2026)The order raising the statutory minimum wage (Smic, salaire minimum de croissance) ...