France: labor market reform permanently adopted

Yesterday, Tuesday, May 14, the Senate permanently adopted the bill on secure employment.  The government said it was “historical.” The text transposes the national cross-industry agreement (Accord national interprofessionnel – ANI) signed on January 11, 2013 by employers and the CFDT, CFTC and CFE-CGC unions. Like the agreement, the bill aims to improve the balance between flexibility and security. Businesses say it makes layoff procedures legally safer and legally validates employment guarantee agreements. For their part, employees are getting new rights, including participation on the boards of large businesses. (Ref. 130319)
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Safer external mobility. In businesses/groups with of 300+ employees, workers who have been in the company for at least two years may, with the employer’s consent, enjoy a “mobility period” to discover a job in another company. The employment contract will be amended to determine the object, duration, and start/end dates of the mobility period as well as the notice period employees have to comply with to let their employer know whether or not they are coming back. The amendment also lists th

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