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French employment law in English: every guide, from hiring to the employment tribunal

By the AlphaDeep legal editorial teamPublished Drafted with AI assistance, references last checked: our method

In French employment law, termination claims ordinarily have 12 months from notification; wage claims have 3 years from when the facts were known or should have been known. Injury, discrimination, harassment and certain remedies follow specific rules (Labour Code, L1471-1 and L3245-1). This index groups our guides on dismissal, resignation, pay, leave, sickness and employment tribunal procedures by the question they answer.

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Dismissal: which time limits and which defences?

From the invitation to the preliminary meeting to the severance pay, the procedure step by step.

Resignation, negotiated exit, retirement: how do you leave the company?

Each way out, the end of a temp assignment included, has its conditions, its time limits and its end-of-contract documents.

Pay, hours, contract clauses: what should you check?

Pay and bonuses, the collective agreement, contract changes, working time and annual-days arrangements (forfait jours), telework, mobility, non-compete, training repayment, the company health plan and meal vouchers, internship pay, false self-employment and undeclared work: points to examine before responding.

Pregnancy, leave and returning from absence: how do you assert your rights?

The pregnant employee’s protection, paid holidays, paternity, parental, sabbatical or carer’s leave, family events, parental-presence leave and the return from maternity leave.

Sickness, accidents, harassment: which remedies does an employee have?

Sickness benefits, occupational disease, harassment and discrimination: steps and evidence.

Employment tribunal: how do you prepare the claim?

The time limit, the application, the documents and their list.

Civil servants, posted workers, jobseekers: which special rules?

Situations outside the standard employment contract, unemployment benefit, the career record and the basic pension amount.

Which official sources support this introduction?

  1. Labour Code, article L1471-1 (time limits for claims about the contract and its termination)
  2. Labour Code, article L3245-1 (time limit for wage claims)