Publication by the DGEFP of a detailed circular on short-time work *

France - June 19 2012
A detailed circular was published on 4 May 2012 by the DGEFP [General Delegation for Employment and Training] on all of the recent amendments to the instrument on short-time work (DGEFP Circular 2012/08 of 4 May 2012 NOR: ETSD1222939C).

Co-authors: Laurence Dumure Lambert .

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Can the reply by a former employee to a letter from the employer asking him whether she wished to avail of her priority right to reemployment be considered a request by the employee to avail of this priority right? *

France - June 19 2012
An employee hired as an assembly-line worker was laid off for economic reasons.

Co-authors: Laurence Dumure Lambert .

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Is an employer entitled to freely access files which an employee has stored in a folder entitled “my documents”? *

France - June 19 2012
An employee was dismissed for serious fault for having misused his personal computer by recording photographs of a pornographic nature and videos of other employees taken against their will.

Co-authors: Laurence Dumure Lambert .

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May an employer examine the telephone statements of a protected employee [i.e. an employee protected against dismissal]? *

France - June 19 2012
A protected employee brought a case before the labour court seeking a court-ordered termination of his employment contract on the basis, in particular, that his employer had not respected his status of protected employee when it consulted the list of his telephone calls made on the mobile phone with which the company had provided him.

Co-authors: Laurence Dumure Lambert .

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Publication of the law on the simplification of legal measures in the Official Journal *

France - June 19 2012
The law of 22 March 2012 concerning the simplification of legal and administrative measures has been published in the Official Journal (Law No. 2012-387 of 22 March 2012, JORF: 23 March 2012).

Co-authors: Laurence Dumure Lambert .

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