To take into account the impact of the covid-19 pandemic on economic activity, the URSSAF network introduced on March 16, 2020 a measure allowing employers to defer the payment of their social security contributions for a period of up to three months.
Partial activity: A press release from the Ministry of Labor specifies that companies have 30 days to submit their application to get a 100% compensation coverage, up to a maximum of 4.5 the value of the minimum wage.
An employee who provides evidence of exposure to a harmful or toxic substance generating a high risk of developing a serious disease and evidence of a personal anxiety-related damage resulting from such exposure may take action against his/her employer for failure by the latter to comply with its obligation to ensure the safety of its employees.
Almost a year after the landmark decision handed on November 28, 2018 by the Cour de Cassation (French Supreme Court)[1] which had for the first time ruled on the reclassification of the contract between a delivery rider and a digital platform and acknowledged the existence of an employer-employee relationship, where does the French legislator stand […]
Definitively adopted on April 11, 2019, the Law on business growth and transformation, known as the “PACTE” Law, reforms the workforce thresholds and amends the rules governing employee savings schemes in many respects.
This article provides an overview of the main provisions of the Law that have implications for the French labor and employment landscape.
A new episode in the legal saga on Macron’s scale: the Cour de Cassation (French Supreme Court) recently issued an eagerly awaited opinion on the compatibility of Macron’s mandatory scale for the determination of damages in case of dismissal without real and serious cause with European and international standards.
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