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New bonus for French employees

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • October 14 2011

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

New law regarding lending of employees

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • October 14 2011

A law dated 28 July 2011 (the Law) further defines the conditions under which the lending of employees is valid under French law

Working time organisation for executive-level employees

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • October 14 2011

A recent decision of the supreme court tightens the restrictions surrounding the working time organisation of executive-level employees

Prejudice caused to an employee by the sole stipulation of a null and void non-compete clause

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • July 1 2011

The Supreme Court has strengthened case law on non-compete clauses by ruling, on 30 March 2011, that prejudice is caused to an employee if an employment contract provides for a non-compete obligation that is unenforceable due to the absence of financial compensation

Social plan deemed null and void due to insufficient economic grounds

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • July 1 2011

The Paris Court of Appeal has cancelled a social plan during the course of the works council's information and consultation procedure

Delegation of authority to conduct dismissals in a société par actions simplifiées

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • January 17 2011

In two much-anticipated decisions delivered on 19 November 2010, the French Supreme Court sitting in a mixed chamber clarified the circumstances in which legal representatives of societes par actions simoplifiees (SAS; a type of limited company) may delegate authority to conduct dismissals

The concept of moral harassment is defined by the French Supreme Court

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • October 8 2010

Article L 1152-1 of the French Labour Code (the Code) defines moral harassment as 'repeated acts having as their object or effect a deterioration of an employee's working conditions likely to (i) infringe his rights or dignity, (ii) alter his physical or mental health, or (iii) compromise his promotion'

Redeployment offers in case of redundancies

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • July 6 2010

Companies implementing a redundancy exercise must offer internal redeployment opportunities to the affected employees - ie another job within the group, whether in France or abroad

Supreme Court decisions offer extension of protection against workplace harassment

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • April 28 2010

The French Supreme Court (Cour de Cassation) has recently handed down two decisions that extend the scope of 'harassment' in the workplace

Remuneration and corporate governance in financial institutions

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
  • -
  • France, Germany, Global, Netherlands, United Kingdom
  • -
  • October 2 2009

There is a pressing need for remuneration and governance principles in financial institutions to be based on a globally consistent framework, rather than national initiatives

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