2016 Bank Holidays

bank holidays

Here is the official list of the bank holidays for the year 2016 in France. Bank Holidays for 2016 The 1st of May is the only statutory bank holiday. Work on this day is only allowed in some companies where the activity cannot be stopped (hospitals, public transportation, …) Other bank holiday can exist in … Read more

The minimum wage increases of 0.6% to 9,67 €

Minimum wage increases

As of the 1st of January 2016 the legal hourly minimum wage “SMIC” will increase to 9,67€. In 2015 the SMIC was of 9,61 € per hour. This increase is the minimum legal increase. The legal increase is based on the inflation rate. Minimum wage of 9,67€ per hour in 2016 The SMIC for employees … Read more

A collective bargaining agreement on the pay slip is binding.

Collective bargaining agreement

A truth telling company was issuing pay slips for its employees with the indication that no collective bargaining agreement applied. The employees went to court claiming that the “Telecommunication” collective bargaining agreement applied. The consequence was that the minimum wage rate would have been the one from the collective agreement and not the legal minimum … Read more

Reminder of the penalty for illegal employment

Penalties

On the 2nd of November 2015 the official public services web site republished a note about the penalties for illegal employment. Here is a summary of the note. What is the illegal employment? Illegal employment is: The employment of work force without declaration to the authorities. The illegal loan of work force. The illegal addition … Read more

The update of the French labour code is set.

Court judgement

Every one agree that the French labour code is old, complex and unpractical. With this idea in mind, the French government requested a study of the changes to be brought to the code. This study is the Combrexelle report. The government received it in September 2015. Based on that report a planning for the update … Read more

The judge cannot be too generous.

Court judgement

In this specific case, and employee has had successive short term employment contracts. When the final contract ended, the employee asked the judge to have the contracts reclassified as one undefinite term contract. The judge agreed. He then condemn the company to the pay the employee: 2 indemnities for dismissal without just cause. 1 notice period … Read more