The road traffic risk is the first cause of fatal occupational accidents. Work-related road traffic accidents – so-called at-work accidents (accidents de mission) that are considered as occupational accidents, to which must be added commuting accidents – result in more than 5 million days of absence from work. The human and financial cost is thus […]
The so-called SODIMEDICAL case, named after a French subsidiary involved in what has become a legal saga, is undoubtedly a perfect example of the highly grotesque situations in which companies may find themselves when their decisions to proceed with economic dismissals are challenged. This is clearly a sobering case as, for now, its outcome seems […]
“Can I get a copy of a job applicant’s criminal records?” or “Can I dismiss an employee who has just been convicted of a criminal offense?” These are some questions generally raised by managers of international groups that increasingly reach the ears of legal practitioners. In North America, checking and using criminal record information of job applicants […]
Reminder of applicable legislation and outline of the more stringent rules introduced by the amended finance bill for 2012 Up to 2011, it is true that exemption ceilings have been repeatedly decreased but at least the exemption principles remained a reality. At a time the government strives to reduce the available social-related contribution exemptions in […]
As mentioned in our May 2012 e-newsletter, the French Constitutional Council, following an application for a preliminary ruling on the issue of constitutionality filed by André Soulier in relation to the application of Article 222-33 of the French Criminal Code that punishes sexual harassment, repealed said Article on May 4, 2012. Specifically, the Constitutional Council […]
In a much awaited “Vivéo” decision[1] rendered on May 3, 2012, the Labor Chamber of the Cour de Cassation (French Supreme Court) firmly reaffirmed that a redundancy procedure could not be invalidated “in consideration of the economic grounds put forth to justify the redundancy” since the validity of the collective redundancy plan is independent from […]
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