Conventions de Forfait: Fixed Working Time Agreements in France
The French Labour Code provides for two specific types of fixed working time agreement, or conventions de forfait. These are: En heures (in hours), which may be weekly, monthly, or…
Wellbeing
A Summary of Leave Benefits in France
Employment in France involves a framework of mandatory leave benefits provided for by the French Labour Code, and in many cases supplemented by collective agreements. Leave benefits are designed to…
Managing Employee Redundancies in France
We have written previously on the subject of legal grounds for redundancy in French companies (link to article: https://www.viridianhr.co.uk/blog/what-are-the-legal-grounds-for-redundancy-in-france/). To summarise, redundancies are less common in France than the UK…
Conseil de Prud’hommes: A Summary of the French Employment Courts
The Conseil de Prud’hommes (CPH) is the French equivalent of employment tribunals in the UK, although there are procedural differences between them. The purpose of the CPH is to preside…
Managing Employee Career Development in France
Regardless of their contract type and working hours, all French employees are entitled to both a mandatory professional interview every two years, and a summary review of their career path…
