Severance pay: impact of serious misconduct during the notice period
"If the right to severance pay arises on the date the dismissal is notified, the amount of compensation is calculated taking into account the employee's length of service at the end of the contract. This results in..."
Obligation to employ disabled workers: new rules from January 1, 2020
Law No. 2018-771 of September 5, 2018, for the freedom to choose one's professional future, known as the Future Law, reformed the obligation to employ disabled workers (OETH), with the objective of increasing the rate of...
So-called Macron scales validated by the Court of Cassation
In an opinion issued on July 17, 2019, the Court of Cassation held that the pay scales provided for in Article L. 1235-3 of the French Labor Code, known as the Macron scales, were not contrary to international conventions and treaties, in that...
Acknowledgment of the termination of the employment contract and reform of contract law
According to established case law, an employee may terminate their employment contract due to breaches they attribute to their employer. Upon application by the employee, the judge must then rule on the attribution of...
Remember to explicitly waive the application of the non-competition clause!
Paying a negotiated severance payment significantly higher than the statutory severance pay does not in any way preclude the employee from making further claims, as confirmed by the French Supreme Court ruling of February 6, 2019...
Brexit – the fate of British nationals present on French territory
March 29, 2019, the date of an event that will undoubtedly mark a turning point in the history of the European Union: Brexit. It was on this date that the two-year period stipulated by Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, since the United Kingdom notified its intention to leave the EU, ended.