Articles

The European directive enshrines the principle of “equal pay for equal work in the same workplace”. France has been applying since Thursday 30 July the new European rules on posted workers adopted in 2018 with the principle of equal treatment. This directive aimed to put an end to “social dumping”. From now on, an employee […]

Since 2016, an employer may include in the company’s written rules a neutrality clause prohibiting the visible wearing of any political, philosophical or religious signs in the workplace. European and French case law has laid down conditions for the validity of such a clause: it must treat all the employees of the company in the […]

On 1 July 2020, several rules relating to the calculation of daily sickness benefits changed, as provided for in the Social Security Financing Law for 2020. In particular, the increase in the replacement rate, applicable when the insured person has at least three dependent children, is abolished.

In order to engage in exercise or a sporting activity during a work stoppage, the employee must be expressly authorised in advance by the attending physician, and such authorisation must be included directly on the notice of stoppage. Otherwise, the payment of daily allowances will be suspended and a corrective certificate from the physician is insufficient.

In the event of a dispute relating to the existence or number of hours worked, it is for the employee to submit, in support of his claim, sufficiently precise information concerning the unpaid hours he claims to have worked to enable the employer, who is responsible for monitoring the hours worked, to respond usefully by producing its own information. The judge forms his conviction by taking into account all of these elements in the light of the requirements set out in the aforementioned legal and regulatory provisions