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Droit Social | Sélection de jurisprudence – France | Premier semestre 2024

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Cass. soc., 31 janvier 2024, n°22-18.792 La lettre de licenciement n’a pas à préciser la date des faits invoqués. Un salarié licencié pour faute grave conteste la rupture de son contrat de travail, en se fondant notamment...more

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Employment Case Law Selection - France | First Semester of 2024

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Cass. soc., 31 January 2024, n°22-18.792 - A dismissal letter does not have to specify the date of the alleged acts. An employee dismissed for gross misconduct contested the termination of his employment contract, citing...more

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Internal Investigations of Harassment Claims

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In areas of French law that are ambiguous, the French Supreme Court regularly issues rulings to specify the scope of an employer’s obligations, including in the context of harassment claims. French caselaw has set the rules...more

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Participation in an Anti-Competitive Cartel and Dismissal for Serious Misconduct

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On 27 February 2024, the Nîmes Court of Appeal confirmed that an employee may be dismissed for serious misconduct for participating in an anti-competitive cartel. While the risk of companies being penalised for...more

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Private life and disciplinary dismissal

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In this case submitted to the Supreme Court (“Cour de cassation”), a State health insurance agency dismissed one of its employee for gross misconduct for having sent to some of her colleagues, through her professional email...more

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Droit Social | Sélection de jurisprudence – France | Second semestre 2023

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Cette newsletter présente cinq décisions de jurisprudence rendues au cours des derniers mois : Motif économique de licenciement : les pertes d’exploitation doivent avoir un caractère sérieux et durable (Cass. soc., 18...more

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Employment Case Law Selection - France | Second Semester of 2023

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This newsletter summarizes five significant judicial decisions over recent months: Economic grounds for redundancy: operating losses must be serious and lasting (Cass. soc., 18 October 2023, n°22-18.852 F-B) After...more

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Retour sur les nouveautés en matière de télétravail et le dispositif de rupture conventionnelle

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Notre équipe sociale revient brièvement sur des nouveautés en matière de télétravail (caractérisation d’un accident du travail pendant le télétravail, le télétravail transfrontalier en Europe, et les nouveautés à intégrer...more

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What’s new in remote work and mutual agreed termination (“rupture conventionnelle”)?

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Our Employment team takes a brief look at new developments in remote work (characterisation of an accident at work while teleworking, cross-border teleworking in Europe, and new provisions to be incorporated into...more

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Economic Difficulties as Basis for Termination (Cass., Soc., June 1, 2022, n° 20-19.957)

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The French Supreme Court has just provided very useful guidance for employers on how to secure a valid termination: when justifying a termination on grounds of economic difficulties, the employer can only consider the period...more

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The French Supreme Court Confirms the Maximum Amount of Damages for Unfair Dismissal

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The French Supreme Court confirmed the application of the scale provided by the French labor code for claims of unfair dismissal (called the Macron Scale) in two decisions dated 11 May 2022,2 thereby providing some security...more

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Is Paris Burning? France Considers Whether Damages for Employee Dismissals Should Be Capped

The latest version of Article L. 1235-3 of the French Labor Code, based on the “Macron Ordinances,” has recently been the subject of major dispute, with several labor tribunals issuing conflicting decisions. The article...more

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Will France Become More Employer Friendly with Labor Law Reform?

In June 2017, the French government unveiled its plan to renew French social model, such program includes notably reforming employment law, French pension and unemployment insurance systems. As a first step of this...more

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Release of Plans to Reform French Labor Law Makes Waves

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French President Emmanuel Macron's boldest mission, reforming France's nearly untouchable labor laws, received mixed reviews as his plans went public late last week. The changes would promote negotiation at a company level...more

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French Labor Court Holds: Look The Other Way And Pay

France is world-renowned for its protection of employees against adverse employer actions, particularly unilateral terminations. Like virtually all other countries outside the United States, France does not recognize at-will...more

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Clarifications Regarding Trial Period by the French Supreme Court

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With two decisions dated March 31 and April 15, 2016, the Employment Division of the French Supreme Court (“Cour de cassation”) clarified the legal framework applicable to trial periods. The Supreme Court explained how to...more

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The “Law Macron” Has Taken Effect: Much Ado About Nothing?

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This LawFlash focuses on dismissals and mass redundancies. After months of tense discussions in the French Parliament, the law for the Growth, the Activity and the Equality of Economic Opportunities (Law Macron), which...more

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French Terminations: What Happens if You Miss the End of the Probationary Period?

You know that sinking feeling: you have a new employee in France who is not working out, and the manager has left it until the last minute to let you know. What happens if the required termination notice period will now...more

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