France: government supports raising thresholds for social obligations

As the French government gears up to table a law to achieve greater simplification for businesses at the end of spring, five members of parliament submitted a report to economy minister Bruno Le Maire on 15 February. Among their proposals is the possibility for companies to exempt themselves from certain provisions of branch agreements for a period of five years, if these have been in existence for less than five years and have 50 employees, and if the latter are in agreement (as regards...