Reform relating to unemployment compensation
The agreement of May 14, 2014, concerning unemployment compensation, was approved by ministerial decree of June 25, 2014. The decree of June 25, 2014, makes the provisions of the agreement applicable as of July 1, 2014, mandatory, except for the provisions relating to the renewal of benefits applicable...
SYNTEC collective agreements – Extension of the amendment concluded on April 1, 2014 on working hours
Order of 26 June 2014 extending an amendment to an agreement concluded within the framework of the national collective agreement for technical design offices, consulting engineering firms and consulting companies (No. 1...
Equality between women and men within the company – Reconciliation between private and professional life
The law for real equality between women and men of August 4, 2014, aims to better ensure this equality within companies and to reconcile private and professional life. The main contributions of the law are: strengthened protection against harassment. The employer who has knowledge...
Reform of the litigation procedure regarding the formal acknowledgment of termination of the employment contract
Law No. 2014-743 of July 1, 2014, concerning the procedure applicable before the labor court in the context of an employee's formal notification of termination of their employment contract. This law creates Article L.1451-1 of the Labor Code: "When the labor court is seized of a request for classification of...
Law No. 2014-873 of August 4, 2014 for real equality between women and men
REAL EQUALITY BETWEEN WOMEN AND MEN Law No. 2014-873 of August 4, 2014, for real equality between women and men: The law was published on August 5, 2014, and its provisions have therefore been applicable since August 6, 2014. The law amends a number of provisions of the labor code and introduces...
Employment contract – Penalties for an employee's use of working time for purposes other than professional activities
Cass. crim. June 19, 2013, No. 12-83031, P. The Court of Cassation reiterates that "the use, by an employee, of their working time for purposes other than those for which they receive remuneration from their employer constitutes a breach of trust." In this case, the employee had used their working time and...