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    France: Just Eat to hire workers on permanent contracts

    by Adam McCulloch 4 Feb 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 4 Feb 2021

    Food delivery firm Just Eat is hiring 4,500 of its delivery workers on permanent contracts in France, with benefits including holiday pay and pensions.

    • France
    • Latest News
    • Dismissal

    Man charged after HR murders in France

    by Ashleigh Webber 1 Feb 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 1 Feb 2021

    An unemployed engineer has been charged with murder after fatally shooting two people in France – including an HR manager...

    • Case law
    • France
    • Latest News

    Banker who never returned from three-year sabbatical wins unfair dismissal case

    by Jo Faragher 16 Dec 2020
    by Jo Faragher 16 Dec 2020

    A banker working for Societe Generale was unfairly dismissed after he failed to return after a three-year sabbatical.
    The employee,...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • France
    • Gender

    Paris fined for recruiting too many women

    by Ashleigh Webber 16 Dec 2020
    by Ashleigh Webber 16 Dec 2020

    Paris city authorities have been fined €90,000 for recruiting too many women into senior roles and breaching the country’s rules...

    • Canada
    • Coronavirus
    • USA

    Private sector pay optimism grows for 2021

    by Rob Moss 3 Dec 2020
    by Rob Moss 3 Dec 2020

    Private sector workers are set to receive average pay rises of 2.4% in 2021, up from an average of 2.2%...

    • Artificial intelligence
    • Automation
    • Coronavirus

    RSA: UK should adopt France’s partial activity scheme

    by Adam McCulloch 12 Oct 2020
    by Adam McCulloch 12 Oct 2020

    The UK's response to the coronavirus job threat must take into account the risk of automation. Other countries have shown how UK schemes can be improved.

    • Coronavirus
    • Testing
    • France

    ‘I went to get a Covid-19 test and now I’ve lost my job’

    by Adam McCulloch 5 Oct 2020
    by Adam McCulloch 5 Oct 2020

    Worker in France who didn't know he had Covid-19 despite taking a test was dismissed for serious misconduct.

    • Collective redundancy
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    • Latest News

    What are the differences between British and French laws on collective redundancies?

    by Alain-Christian Monkam 10 Jun 2020
    by Alain-Christian Monkam 10 Jun 2020

    In the view of the global economic recession, international employers should know their legal responsibilities in different countries. Alain-Christian Monkam...

    • Benefits
    • Coronavirus
    • Europe

    How Europe is supporting workers in the coronavirus outbreak

    by Adam McCulloch 20 Mar 2020
    by Adam McCulloch 20 Mar 2020

    As chancellor Rishi Sunak prepares to announce plans to support the wages of millions of worker we look at similar schemes in their infancy on the Continent.

    • Case law
    • France
    • Latest News

    Uber drivers in France are employees

    by Ashleigh Webber 6 Mar 2020
    by Ashleigh Webber 6 Mar 2020

    Uber drivers in France are employees and not self-employed, the country’s highest court has confirmed.
    The landmark ruling, which confirms...

    • Stress
    • Employee relations
    • France

    Former France Télécom managers jailed following staff suicides

    by Ashleigh Webber 20 Dec 2019
    by Ashleigh Webber 20 Dec 2019

    French telecom company Orange and three former senior executives have been found guilty of collective moral harassment in the way...

    • Brexit
    • China
    • France

    Warnings as Brexit and China stifle recruitment firms

    by Rob Moss 8 Oct 2019
    by Rob Moss 8 Oct 2019

    Two of the UK’s largest recruitment firms have both issued lacklustre trading statements as market conditions deteriorate, a trend confirmed with the latest data from the UK resourcing industry.

    • France
    • Latest News
    • Industrial action / strikes

    France faces tough battle over pension reform

    by Adam McCulloch 13 Sep 2019
    by Adam McCulloch 13 Sep 2019

    Paris has been crippled by public transport strikes today in response to moves by the French government to implement pension reform.

    • Stress
    • Employee relations
    • France

    Telecoms giant awaits verdict on top executives in staff suicides case

    by Adam McCulloch 12 Jul 2019
    by Adam McCulloch 12 Jul 2019

    A trial of senior executives could lead to jail sentences over a wave of suicides as employees suffered appalling levels of workplace stress

    • Europe
    • Financial services
    • France

    Whistleblowing culture ‘firmly entrenched’ in the UK

    by Adam McCulloch 16 May 2019
    by Adam McCulloch 16 May 2019

    Although 35% of UK businesses have no system in place for whistleblowing, a comparison with other economically similar nations in Europe shows that the UK is ahead of the curve.

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