Employment Law France

09:00 - Registration and coffee
09:30 - An overview of the employment law framework in France
· The French legal system
· Trends and developments

09:45 - Hiring employees in France - what are the key issues to consider?
· Typical employment contracts
· Fixed term contracts - new type of contract: what are the binding terms of agreement?
· New regulations concerning trial periods
· The difference between ordinary employees and executives
· Key recruitment tips: the use of personal questions, references, notice periods

10:30 - Coffee
10:45 - Working time
· Part-time and full-time work
· The 35-hour week
· Examining potential pitfalls

11:45 - Dealing with discrimination
· What are the general non-discrimination rules operating in France?
· Penalties and remedies
· HR best practice advice
· Forthcoming changes to anti-discrimination law

12:30 - Lunch
13:30 - Discipline, grievances and dismissals
· Defining disciplinary sanctions
· Getting to grips with internal regulations
· What is the procedure for implementing disciplinary sanctions?
· Dismissals: 'real and serious cause', 'personal cause' and 'economic cause'
· Dismissal rights and settlement agreements
· Amicable termination

14:30 - Employment tribunals and the courts
· Labour court organisation in France
· Representation before the labour courts
· Statute of limitations
· Typical damages and costs

15:30 - Tea
15:45 - What's on the horizon?
· Future developments in labour law
· Concerns for employers

16:15 - Questions and answers
16:30 - End of seminar