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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
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
For the first time, a French court has ruled on the implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) processes within a company....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
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
We explore the trends for Business and Commercial Disputes in the UK, US and France/EU in 2025. Here's what you should know...more
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
On 27 February 2024, the Nîmes Court of Appeal confirmed that an employee may be dismissed for serious misconduct for participating in an anti-competitive cartel. While the risk of companies being penalised for...more
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
For several years, the French Supreme Court has been uncertain regarding the inclusion of stock options and restriction stock units (RSUs) in the termination indemnities (severance and notice period payment) calculation base....more
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
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
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
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
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
Welcome to the first edition of the Litigation Gazette. Each quarter, BCLP's Paris team keep you informed of the main litigation news in competition law, commercial litigation, labor law, IP/IT/Data and compliance. In this...more
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
Consultation ponctuelle en cas de restructuration : pas d’obligation de consulter le CSE en amont sur les orientations stratégiques. Versement d’une prime annuelle prévue par des dispositions conventionnelles : appréciation...more
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
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
For employers doing business in France, the court’s recent decisions mean more predictability in the amounts that judges can award in case of unfair dismissals. In two landmark decisions on 11 May 2022, the Employment...more
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
Dans un arrêt du 4 mars 2020 (n° 19-13.316), voué à une large publication, la Cour de cassation reconnaît le statut de salarié à un chauffeur Uber. Un peu plus d’un an après l’arrêt Take Eat Easy (Cass. soc. 28 novembre...more
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
In two opinions dated July 17, 2019, the French Supreme Court confirmed that the so-called “Macron Grid” implemented by the French employment law reforms in September 2017 is compatible with Article 10 of Convention no. 158...more