Daily Compliance News: March 24, 2025, The ABC Task Force Edition
JONES DAY TALKS®: International Litigation: Confidentiality and Legal Privilege under French Law
JONES DAY TALKS®: Private Antitrust Litigation in France
Compliance Perspectives: The French AFA on their Anti-Corruption Activities and Guidance ("Sapin 2 Law")
JONES DAY PRESENTS®: Trade Secret Enforcement in France
FCPA Compliance Report-Special Airbus Series-Cecilia Fellouse-Guenkel, the French Perspective
Podcast: Digital Taxation—Implications for EU Technology Companies
Everything Compliance-Episode 3
FCPA Compliance Report-Episode 293, Saskia Zandieh on the new French Anti-Corruption law, Sapin II
Against the backdrop of climate change and the increasing health and safety challenge of preventing heat-related risks at work, France has introduced a new decree reinforcing the obligations on employers to prevent these...more
AT A GLANCE - It’s fair say that class actions have been virtually nonexistent under French law so far. The Act of April 30, 2025 (the “DDADUE” law)—which transposes into French law the European Directive 2020/1828 on...more
In a time of ultra-connected communication tools and work from home, the access rights of a France-based company’s works council (WC) to its electronic and internal communication resources is a necessity now more than ever....more
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
In France, combating against undeclared work remains a priority due to the estimated loss in contributions which amount to between 7 and 9 billion euros per year. In 2024, the Urssaf (the French social security collection...more
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
Employers in France must cover certain transport costs incurred by their employees, subject to the provisions of the French Labour Code. We take a look at the scope of the obligation in further detail below, together with the...more
When does the obligation to report a workplace accident arise? Should an accident at work report be made when the circumstances around a reported accident seem doubtful or unlikely? Or when the employee who was involved in an...more
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
France will host the Olympic Games from 26 July to 11 August 2024, and the Paralympic Games from 29 August to 8 September 2024. A number of foreign workers are expected to come to work in France during this period, and...more
Need to Know Amounts from 1 January 2024 - €11.65 - The legal minimum hourly wage has increased to €11.65 gross (from €11.52 in 2023). The amount of the monthly minimum wage in France is now €1,766.92 gross for 35 worked...more
Discriminatory practices in the workplace are strictly prohibited by Article L. 1132-1 of the French Labor Code and Article 225-1 of the French Criminal Code. Prohibited treatment includes treating an employee, a job...more
Reminder: Employers are obligated to reimburse employee travel costs regardless of the distance between the employee’s residence and the workplace - According to the French National Association of Human Resources (HR)...more
The French government is willing to support companies in their efforts to return to a “normal” activity. Consequently, regulations relating to partial activity have once again been adapted in order to facilitate a gradual...more
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
Le Tribunal judiciaire du Havre a ordonné, le 7 mai, à Renault d’interrompre sa production dans son usine. Que retenir de cette décision en vue de la reprise de votre activité sur site ? Focus....more
On 28 April 2020, the French Prime Minister issued the National plan for the end of the lockdown. Further to this announcement, the French Health Ministry published a national map reflecting the intensity of the COVID-19...more
On 3 May 2020, the French Labor Ministry published a “National protocol regarding the end of the lockdown for companies to ensure health and safety of the employees.” A follow-up report will be published on 7 May 2020 to...more
While most companies in France (with the exception of cafés and restaurants, sports halls, theatres, museums, and companies whose activities allow teleworking) will be able to resume their activity from 11 May...more
On April 28, 2020, the French government announced the outline of its plan to end the lockdown measures currently in force, scheduled for May 11, 2020. (This date may be postponed if the hospitalization and death rates...more
As expected, the order related to partial activity was adopted last March 27, 2020. Further details on its provisions are expected in a forthcoming decree. The Ministry of Labor's Q&A on partial activity was rewritten...more
Paid leaves and rest days, working time, sick leave, profit-sharing schemes, unemployment benefits You will find below a summary of three employment orders published in the Official Journal of March 26th and concerning...more
The French act of March 23, 2020 (no. 2020-290) known as the "emergency act to deal with the Covid 19 epidemic" was enacted yesterday, March 24, 2020, in the French Official Journal. The “state of health emergency” is...more
Télétravail : quelles sont les modalités de mise en place? Faut-il signer un accord ou une charte? Non. Aucune procédure n’est légalement requise. Certes, des accords ou chartes peuvent être adoptés ou signés mais ils ne...more