Key takeaway In France, remote work cannot justify excluding employees from the meal vouchers distribution policy. If meal vouchers are granted to on-site employees in the absence of a company canteen, the same entitlement generally applies to teleworkers, including those working from home or in hybrid arrangements. Recent rulings from the French Supreme Court (October […]
The Social Security Financing Act for 2026 has created a new leave, in addition to maternity, paternity or adoption leaves: the supplementary birth leave (i.e.: “congé supplémentaire de naissance” in French). Effective July 1st, 2026, this leave aims at better supporting families by promoting the proper development of the child in his or her first
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Employees whose companies benefit from an exemption from Sunday rest remain subject to the prohibition on working more than 6 days per week (Article L. 3132-1 of the French Labour Code). The question arose as to whether this prohibition concerned the ‘calendar week beginning on Monday at 0 o’clock in the morning and ending on
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The French High Court regularly reiterates that employee evaluation methods must be based on criteria that are precise, objective and relevant to the intended purpose. Evaluation of behavioural skills In a recent decision, it has applied this principle to the field of behavioural skills. Thus, the criteria of ”optimism”, “honesty” and ”common sense” were
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The French High Court of Justice made another reversal in its case law on September 10th, 2025. Until now, the French High Court (Court of Cassation) considered that paid leave was not equivalent to actual working time and therefore did not have to be taken into account when calculating the threshold for triggering overtime.
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Following a formal warning notified by the European Commission to France, the French High Court of Justice made a reversal in its case law on September 10th, 2025. Until now, the French High Court (Court of Cassation) applied the rule of the first event giving rise to absence: if sick leave occurred during
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Single Document of Occupational Risks Assessment – New update Obligations and Heatwave Risk Prevention Effective July 1, 2025 Dear Clients, In response to the increasing frequency of intense heatwaves and pursuant to Decree No. 2025-482 dated May 27, 2025, employers are now required to include heat-related risks in the Single Document of Occupational Risk Assessment (“DUERP”).
The French Labor Code is quite clear: any document containing obligations for employees or provisions that they need to know in order to perform their job must be written in French (article L. 1321-6 of the French Labor Code). This applies to employment contracts, any amendments thereto and any document setting employees’ targets on which
As a reminder, an annual global working time arrangement in days is only available to employees meeting certain criteria, and its validity is subject to several strict conditions, such as the obligation for the employer to organize a meeting with the employee once a year to discuss his/her workload (which must be reasonable), the organization
For financial years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, companies with at least 11 employees that are not obliged to set up a profit-sharing bonus (i.e. mainly companies with between 11 and 50 employees) will be required to set up a value-sharing scheme as soon as they achieve a net taxable profit equal to
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