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Harassment in the Workplace: A Major Challenge for Employers in France

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During the first quarter of 2025, the French Supreme Court has rendered a number of rulings on harassment in the workplace. Whether moral, institutional, environmental or sexual, harassment is a burning topic and the French...more

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France Introduces a New Concept of ‘Institutional Psychological Harassment’

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The French Court of Cassation has introduced and defined a new concept of ‘institutional psychological harassment’ in what appears to be the conclusion of the so-called ‘France Télécom case’. The case, which commenced back in...more

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French Employers May Decline Internal Investigations for Misconduct or Noncompliance

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The Défenseur des Droits published on February 5, 2025 a framework decision confirming that employers are not required to conduct an internal investigation unless they receive claims of discrimination or sexual harassment...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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Employment Flash - March 2024

In this issue of Employment Flash: the new DOL rule on independent contractors, SCOTUS’s unanimous Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower ruling, plus labor law developments in California, Delaware, D.C., New York, the EU, Germany and...more

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Point sur la transaction, les frais de transport domicile/travail et la résiliation judiciaire

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Notre équipe sociale revient brièvement sur trois arrêts relatifs à l’appréciation des concessions réciproques lorsque la transaction est conclue avec un salarié, à la prise en charge par l’employeur des frais de transport...more

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Update on the settlement, home/work travel costs and constructive dismissal

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Our Employment team takes a brief look at three decisions relating to the assessment of reciprocal concessions when a settlement is reached with an employee, the payment by the employer of home-to-work travel expenses in the...more

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Employment Flash - June 2023

New York, Minnesota and NLRB Act To Limit Noncompetes - New York Legislature Passes Bill To Ban Post-Employment Noncompetes - On June 20, 2023, the New York state Legislature passed a bill that bans post-employment...more

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Notre équipe en Droit Social revient sur trois arrêts de la Cour de cassation.

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Dispositif de contrôle des salariés illicite : quelles conditions de recevabilité ? - Preuve d’une inégalité salariale : le juge des référés peut ordonner la communication de bulletins de paie d’autres salariés -...more

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French ‘Labor Market’ Law Comes Into Force With First Decree of Application

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The French "Labor Market" Act of December 21, 2022, which provides for emergency measures relating to the functioning of the labor market with the goal of reaching full employment, recently came into force....more

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Fight for the right (not) to party?

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At the end of November, a French appeal court ruled that an employer could not dismiss an employee (called in this case “Mr T”) for refusing to participate in after-work drinks and team building activities. The judgment made...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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Notre équipe en Droit Social revient sur deux arrêts de la Cour de cassation et une fiche pratique de la CNIL

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Entretien annuel d’évaluation : attention à la rédaction du compte-rendu qui peut constituer une sanction disciplinaire. Le forfait-jours n’est pas synonyme de totale liberté du salarié. CNIL : précisions sur le droit d’accès...more

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Financial Daily Dose 1.8.2020 | Top Story: Speaker Company Sonos Sues Google for Patent Infringement

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Home speaker maker Sonos has sued Google, accusing the company of “infringing on five of its patents, including technology that lets wireless speakers connect and synchronize with one another.” Sonos had originally partnered...more

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Employment Newsletter - February 2019

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Gender pay gap rule: reinforcement of obligations - In order to try to reduce the gender pay gap, the Law passed on 5 September 2018 imposes an obligation on companies who have more than 50 employees to assess a gender...more

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Working Time and Commutes in France

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France’s labor code does not ordinarily consider an employee’s commute as effective working time. When the commute’s length surpasses the usual trip between one's home and the workplace, however, the employee must be...more

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