Actualités

In a recent decision of January 25th, 2023, the French Supreme Court gave new hints to help companies define whether or not an employee meets the criteria to be eligible to a working-time-in-days scheme (“forfait-jours”). Legal framework As a general rule, only employees (executives or not) enjoying a genuine autonomy in the organization of their […]

Taking into account the increase in the timeframe of legal procedures, more and more employers and employees are deciding to try to resolve their dispute by mediation – often after unsuccessful settlement and/or conciliation phases. Under French employment law, mediation is an amicable dispute resolution process which does not aim to judge the case from

Job abandonment so far required the employer to take the initiative to terminate the employment contract through a disciplinary dismissal procedure. A new Act voted by French Parliament on December 21, 2022 creates a resignation presumption in case the employee has just abandoned their job with no justification. According to this new law, the employee

The Directive 2003/88/EC of the European Parliament dated November 4, 2003 has unified the rules applicable throughout the European Union concerning the organization of working time. Among other things, this directive has inter alia created guidelines regarding minimum resting periods as well as daily and weekly maximum working time. The rules enacted by the European

De jurisprudence constante, les fichiers créés par le salarié à l’aide de l’outil informatique mis à sa disposition par l’employeur pour les besoins de son travail sont présumés avoir un caractère professionnel. Le seul moyen pour le salarié de protéger ces informations est de les identifier comme étant personnelles. A défaut, l’employeur est en droit

L’Urssaf rappelle que, afin d’améliorer leur rémunération et leur pouvoir d’achat, la loi portant mesures d’urgence pour la protection du pouvoir d’achat permet aux salariés et anciens salariés de débloquer, à titre exceptionnel, certaines sommes issues de la participation et de l’intéressement placées sur un plan d’épargne (PEE, PEI, etc.). Ce déblocage exceptionnel doit permettre

In a recent decision of November 23, 2022, the French Supreme Court reminded of the risks pertaining to the involvment of a parent company in the management of its French subsidiary. In this case, an employee was hired by a company which was then integrated to an international group. After being made redundant by the

Until now, when an employee abandoned their job, it generally required the employer to take the initiative to terminate the employee’s contract through a disciplinary dismissal procedure. A new law voted by French Parliament on November 17, 2022 states that an employee abandonning their job should be presumed resigning. The objective of this law is

Given the recent events happening in France, from petrol shortages to transport strikes, employers might wonder if they have to pay their employees who cannot come to work because of a transport strike. First of all, if employees find themselves in a situation where they cannot come to work because of a transport strike, they