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Under the French Labour Code, employers have a safety obligation requiring them to take all necessary measures to ensure the safety and protect the physical and mental health of their employees. Where...
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...
The total duration of internships or periods of work experience carried out by the same intern at the same host organisation must not exceed six months per academic year. If an intern completes two in...
Several rulings dated 14 January 2026 clarify the possible restriction of employees' freedom of expression. These were long anticipated, as recent rulings by the Court of Cassation created the impress...
In this case, an employer had contacted the GP of one of his sales employees, who was off sick. The employer wanted to complete the necessary administrative formalities with the social security fund a...
According to the Labour Code, both the employer and the employee must perform the employment contract in good faith. This obligation applies to both the employer and the employee.Breach of this obliga...