New bonus for French employees *

France - October 14 2011
A law dated 28 July 2011 creates a bonus for a trial two-year period (ie, until 2013).

Age discrimination *

European Union - July 1 2011
A collective bargaining agreement providing for the expected termination of the employment contracts of 60-year-old airline pilots is not a valid difference of treatment based on age (advocate-general's conclusion in Prigge and Others, Case C-447/09)

The treatment of tax-favoured awards - recent developments *

France - July 1 2011
The approval requirements for granting tax-favoured share awards and options in France have been the subject of some uncertainty.