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A resignation must reflect a clear and unequivocal intention to end the contract. Where an employee later challenges their resignation and asks for it to be reclassified as a dismissal without grounds...
Harassment cases call for a two-stage analysis : the employee puts forward facts suggesting harassment, after which it is for the employer to prove that the conduct does not amount to harassment and t...
Sexual harassment is defined by its effects, not by the identity of its target : the Labour Code prohibits repeated sexual or sexist comments or conduct that undermine a person’s dignity or create an ...
The right to one’s image, an aspect of the right to respect for private life protected by Article 9 of the Civil Code, covers the capture, storage, reproduction and use of a person’s image. The Court ...
Anyone has the right to choose where they live, as an aspect of the right to respect for the home protected by Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. An employer may interfere with that...
Subject to any excessive infringement of the employee’s right to respect for their personal and family life or their right to rest, deciding on a new distribution of working time across the day falls ...
Under French law, any dismissal based, even in part, on an employee’s pregnancy is void. A pregnant employee is, moreover, not required to disclose her pregnancy – save where she claims the protection...
To receive daily social security benefits while on sick leave, an employee must refrain from any activity that has not been expressly and previously authorised by the prescribing doctor. The case law ...
CNIL – Press Release of 3 April 2026In a press release of 3 April 2026, France’s data protection authority (CNIL) announced that recruitment will feature among its 2026 enforcement priorities. Three y...
CNIL Resolution no. 2026-045 of 19 March 2026 on the security of electronic remote voting systemsBy a resolution of 19 March 2026, France’s data protection authority (CNIL), working with the national ...
The joint committee text of the economic simplification bill, which aims to reduce the administrative burden on businesses, was adopted by the National Assembly on 14 April 2026 and by the Senate on 1...
Decree no. 2026-333 of 30 April 2026In response to rising fuel prices triggered by the conflict in the Middle East, the Government has introduced a one-off fuel allowance of €50, paid directly to elig...
Under French law, wilful misconduct (faute lourde) is the most severe form of dismissal. Beyond gross misconduct (faute grave), it requires proof of the employee’s intent to harm the company. That int...
Under French law, the principle of medical confidentiality protects all information about a patient that comes to the knowledge of healthcare staff. The Court of Cassation has clarified the conditions...