An employee may only be dismissed for economic reasons “when all efforts at training and adaptation have been made and when the person concerned cannot be redeployed onto jobs available in France with the employer company or other companies of the group to which the company belongs and whose organization, activities or place of operation […]
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In a decision dated May 11, 2022 (n°21-15250), the French Supreme Court again held very clearly that one same individual redeployment opportunity may end up being offered to several employees impacted by a reduction-in-workforce. The Court heeded the employer’s argument, i.e., although the employer is bound to grant the employee impacted by a redundancy project
Beware of the lapse between the period when economic difficulties can be substantiated and the date of the termination notice
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What are the critical thresholds when it comes to collective redundancies? As soon as a company contemplates the termination of more than 1 employee for economic reasons, it should comply with a specific process. The scale of the project will ultimately determine which process the company must apply: If the project involves at least 10 dismissals within the
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Principle According to French Labor law, the employer must ensure equal pay for men and women when they perform the same work or work of equal value. This is a particular variation of the so-called principle of “equal pay for equal work”. This principle of equality presupposes that the various components of remuneration are established according to
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The Supreme Court provides (some) flexibility to fixed-term contracts
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Election of the SEC: employees are not entitled to challenge the employer’s unilateral decision on separate establishments
Redundancy of an unfit employee and redeployment obligation
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