France

New and updated

• France: Useful information - key future employment law developments

  Type:

  International

  Updated to reflect that the law on "company growth and transformation" was adopted in April 2019.

• France: Employee rights

  Type:

  International

  Enhanced to include additional information on posted workers.

• France: Training and development

  Type:

  International

  Updated to reflect a change to the name of the body responsible for funding vocational training, changes to the upper age limit and length of service for apprentices, and reforms to the apprenticeship levy.

• France: Equal opportunities

  Type:

  International

  Updated to reflect the introduction of a requirement for certain employers to appoint a resource person to deal with sexual harassment.

• France: Pay and benefits

  Type:

  International

  Updated to reflect the introduction of a requirement for certain employers to publish indicators relating to pay gaps and to take action in relation to them.

• France: Recruitment and selection

  Type:

  International

  Updated to reflect an increase to the "reference" sum applicable to the employment of non-EEA nationals.

• France: Contracts of employment

  Type:

  International

  Updated to reflect the introduction of collective performance agreements.

• France: Industrial relations

  Type:

  International

  Updated to reflect changes to the audience criterion relating to trade union representation and significant changes to the rules relating to collective bargaining, sector-level bargaining, single-employer bargaining and single-employer bargaining without union delegates.

• France: Termination of employment

  Type:

  International

  Updated to reflect the abolition of employment-maintenance and employment-preservation or development agreements.

• France: Health and safety

  Type:

  International

  Updated to reflect significant changes to the legislation relating to safety representatives with the introduction of social and economic committees.