Author: Emmanuelle Sutton

Emmanuelle Sutton

Working Times and the 35-Hour Week in France

June 21, 2023May 21, 2025 France, Home Working, International, Policies

French employees are serious about work/life balance. In 2016, France adopted a labour law that included the “right to disconnect”, in order to stop employers’ calls and emails from intruding ... Read more

Employment in France: Decoding the Hierarchy of Norms

June 5, 2023March 3, 2025 France, International, Leadership, Policies

Legislation is seen as the primary basis of French law, and it follows what is known as hiérarchie des normes – or, the hierarchy of norms. For employment law purposes, ... Read more

The feeling’s mutuelle: mandatory employee health insurance in France

May 10, 2023March 3, 2025 France, International, Leadership, Policies, Recruitment, Wellbeing

Compulsory by law for salaried employees in France, a mutuelle health insurance provides ‘top up’ cover for health costs not automatically reimbursed by the state. L’Assurance Maladie, or the French ... Read more

French Employment Law: the Role of the CSE

April 11, 2023March 3, 2025 Employee Relations, France, International, Leadership, Policies, Training Workshop

Introduced in 2020, the Comité Social et Économique (CSE) is a comprehensive employee representative body that merges three pre-existing groups – the employee delegates, the works council, and the health ... Read more

A guide to “Médecine du Travail” in France

March 13, 2023March 3, 2025 France, Home Working, International, Leadership, Policies, Recruitment, Wellbeing

Occupational health is a global concept, concerned with the prevention and treatment of work-related injuries and illnesses. However, each country has its own individual occupational health-related guidelines and procedures to ... Read more