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France: The French People will elect their President on 24 April – one may expect new labor law related measures. The French Republic President’s election is due to take place on April 24, 2022. Parliament elections will follow in June unless otherwise decided. Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron the two remaining candidates for the […]

The Court of Cassation implicitly accepts that an extract from the LinkedIn profile of an employee dismissed without real and serious cause, may be produced by his ex-employer in an attempt to limit the amount of damages to be paid to him. In another case, a court of appeal ruled that an employee’s publication of […]

The definition of sexual harassment in the Labour Code is amended. It is extended to include comments and behavior with a sexist connotation, as well as comments and behavior committed by several persons, whether or not in a concerted manner, without each of them having acted repeatedly. The changes to the Labour Code require company […]

An employee can obtain damages simply because his employer delayed in following up on his request to remove a group photo of him from the company’s website. In a decision of 19 January 2022, the Court of Cassation ruled that the mere fact that an employee’s image rights have been infringed when he or she […]

“Loi Santé au travail”: New obligations relating, in particular, to the procedures for updating and making available the single document (“document unique d’évaluation des risques”) come into force on 31 March 2022. The law of 2 August 2021 reformed occupational health. Several obligations will be applicable from 31 March. The risk assessment system in companies […]

Author: Franck Morel In 2021, nearly one in two working people began or considered a professional retraining. However, our country remains one of the OECD countries where employees stay with the same company the longest (11 years on average). Although the desire for professional retraining is clearly expressed among many French people, their commitment to […]