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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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French Supreme Court Upholds Dismissal Caused by Office Romance

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France is proud to call itself the land of human rights, and Paris the city of love. This pride is not unfounded given how strictly an employer’s actions are regulated when it comes to office romance.  As inappropriate as...more

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Email on company account can be ‘private’

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In France, actions taken by an employee in his or her personal life cannot generally be used by the employer to justify a disciplinary dismissal. Dismissal for personal speech or activity can only be justified if it...more

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Nouveautés sur l’information des salariés, l’épargne salariale et les licenciement économiques

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Notre équipe sociale fait le point sur les actualités du mois d’octobre : de la publication du décret relatif aux nouvelles informations que l’employeur doit délivrer aux salariés aux trois arrêts relatifs à la conclusion...more

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Information des salariés sur la relation de travail

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Depuis le 1er novembre 2023, les employeurs sont tenus de porter à la connaissance de leurs salariés certaines informations sur la relation de travail. L'identité des parties à la relation de travail...more

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Geolocation: employees must be informed

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France’s highest court has intervened in a case involving an employee dismissed based on the geolocation information of his work vehicle. ...more

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French Government Welcomes Draft Collective Agreement on Value Sharing

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At a time when purchasing power is a central and hot topic of debate, French unions and employers have agreed on a draft collective agreement aimed at allowing greater sharing of profit with employees. The draft agreement has...more

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Our Employment Law team reviews three rulings of the French Court of Cassation

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Specific consultation in the event of restructuring: no obligation to consult the works council upstream on strategic orientations. Payment of an annual bonus provided for by collective agreements provisions: strict...more

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Hygiène, sécurité et conditions de travail / Sélection de jurisprudence – France / Premier semestre 2022

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Cette newsletter revient sur quatre décisions notables en matière d’hygiène, sécurité et conditions de travail : L’obligation de prévention du harcèlement moral est distincte de la prohibition des agissements de...more

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Health, Safety and Working Conditions / Legislation and Case Law in France / First Semester 2022

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This newsletter reviews four recent significant judicial decisions on health, safety and working conditions: The duty to prevent harassment is distinct from, and should not be confused with, the prohibition of harassment...more

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Sélection de jurisprudence - France / Premier semestre 2022

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Cette newsletter présente quatre décisions de jurisprudence rendues au cours des derniers mois : Un compte-rendu d’entretien annuel peut valoir sanction disciplinaire (Cass. soc., 2-2-2022, n° 20-13.833)...more

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Case Law Selection - France / First Semester 2022

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This newsletter summarises five significant judicial decisions over recent months: A report of an annual performance evaluation can constitute a disciplinary sanction (Cass. soc., 2-2-2022, n° 20-13.833)....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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French Supreme Court Approves the Macron Scale for Dismissal Damages

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On May 11, 2022, the French Supreme Court issued two long-awaited decisions on the statutory scale of indemnification—i.e., the Macron scale—currently applicable in cases of dismissal without cause....more

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Our Employment Law team reviews interesting recent case law

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News from our Employment Law team on: several rulings of the Court of Cassation specifying (i) the possible sequencing of a reorganization project involving the implementation of a PSE (ii) the conciliation between a PSE and...more

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Notre équipe en Droit Social revient sur plusieurs jurisprudences récentes

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Actualités de notre équipe en Droit Social sur : plusieurs arrêts de la Cour de cassation précisant (i) le séquencement possible d’un projet de réorganisation impliquant la mise en œuvre d’un PSE (ii) la conciliation entre...more

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Dans l'actualité de la semaine en Droit Social, notre équipe revient sur deux avis et un arrêt de la Cour de cassation.

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Manquement de l’employeur à son obligation de proposer un entretien professionnel à une salariée à l’issue de son congé maternité : pas de nullité du licenciement notifié ultérieurement. Précisions sur les obligations de la...more

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Sélection de jurisprudence - France / Second semestre 2020

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Un employeur conclut une rupture conventionnelle avec une salariée après lui avoir adressé deux avertissements successifs. La salariée conteste par la suite cette rupture conventionnelle, en avançant que son consentement a...more

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Selected case law - France / Second semester of 2020

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An employer concluded an amicable termination with an employee after giving her two successive disciplinary warnings. The employee subsequently contested this amicable termination, arguing that her consent was invalid due to...more

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Questions and Answers Regarding Collective Redundancies in France

As part of its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the French government implemented a very generous furlough system designed to protect companies and avoid redundancies, i.e., terminations of employees for economic reasons....more

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France Requires Employers to Investigate Harassment Claims Even Without Evidence

French employers are now obligated to investigate any allegation of harassment, even where the employee does not produce any evidence. This is the position taken by the French Cour de Cassation in November 27, 2019, case...more

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Employment Flash - July 2020

This edition of Employment Flash summarizes key employment law issues related to COVID-19 as well as two seminal U.S. Supreme Court rulings that protect gay and transgender employees from discrimination, and clarify the...more

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Health, safety and working conditions in France / First semester of 2020

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This newsletter reviews five notable court holdings over the last semester. Moral harassment: the employer's investigation is valid even if all victims have not been interviewed (Cass, Soc., 8 January 2020, n°18-20.151) ...more

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International Lawyers Network: Temporary Layoffs

This guide offers an overview of legal aspects of temporary layoffs in the requisite jurisdictions. It is meant as an overview in these marketplaces... This guide describes the law in force in the requisite jurisdictions...more

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