| 09:00 |
Registration and coffee
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| 09:30 |
An overview of the employment law framework in France
- The French legal system: key differences
- Trends and developments: latest changes and the pipeline
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| 10:15 |
Hiring employees in France – what are the key issues to consider?
- Typical employment contracts
- Fixed term contracts – what are the binding terms of agreement?
- End of the CNE and the new type of employment contract
- The difference between ordinary employees and executives
- Key recruitment tips: the use of personal questions, references, notice periods
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| 11:15 |
Coffee
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| 11:30 |
Working time
- Part-time and full-time work
- The 35-hour week
- Examining potential pitfalls
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| 12:10 |
Dealing with discrimination
- What are the general non-discrimination rules operating in France?
- Forthcoming changes to anti-discrimination law
- Popular penalties and remedies
- HR best practice advice
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| 12:30 |
Lunch
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| 13:30 |
Discipline, grievances and dismissals
- Defining disciplinary sanctions
- Getting to grips with internal regulations
- What is the procedure for implementing disciplinary sanctions?
- Dismissals: ‘real and serious cause’, ‘personal cause’ and ‘economic cause’
- Dismissal rights and settlement agreements
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| 14:30 |
Employment tribunals and the courts
- Labour court organisation in France
- Representation before the labour courts
- Statute of limitations
- Typical damages and costs
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| 15:30 |
Tea
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| 15:45 |
What’s on the horizon?
- Future developments in labour law: Re-codification of the labour code; changes to working time; anti-corruption law; new type of employment contract
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| 16:15 |
Questions and answers
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| 16:30 |
End of seminar
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