Provisional patent application: a new development to be handled with care

Today, July 1, 2020, the provisional patent application comes into effect. A new feature introduced by the PACTE Law, the details of which were set out in Decree No. 2020-15 dated January 8, 2020, aims to...

How to contest a decision by the Direccte refusing the use of partial activity?

An employer forced to reduce or temporarily suspend operations may resort to partial activity for the following reasons: the economic situation; difficulties in obtaining raw materials...

Trade secrets – one of the first decisions in this area!

Finally, one of the first court rulings on the definitions of trade secrets introduced by the law of July 30, 2018, has been revealed. This is a judgment rendered by...

The rules of the partial activity scheme

The partial activity scheme, commonly known as partial unemployment, is a mechanism that allows the employer to: First possible measure: temporarily close all or part of their establishment. Second possible measure: ...

Partial activity – towards numerous checks!

Major checks announced by the Ministry of Labour. The announcement (published on the Ministry of Labour website) states that a directive from the Ministry of Labour outlines the implementation of a major plan to check applications for...

Collective proceedings: the employee facing the procedure

Wage claims: super-priority claims. The principle? In insolvency proceedings, employees are particularly protected: they are not ordinary creditors. What protections? A super-priority...